Remember September 4th!

[snopes]

Comment: "September the 4th 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers.
It's a day I will never forget." -- George w. Bush

Marlton, NJ
10/18/2004
in a campaign speech

Did he really say this?

[Mateus]

This link suggests that he did.

From the end of the speech:

I have a record in office as well, and all Americans have seen that record. September the 4th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget. Bernie might remember the workers in hardhats that were yelling at me and yelling at us, "Whatever it takes." A man grabbed me by the arm, just coming out of the rubble, and he said, "Do not let me down." I have a responsibility that goes on. I wake up every morning thinking about how to make our country more secure. I acted again and again to protect the American people. I will never relent in defending our country, whatever it takes.

[Hip Zu]

Sounds to me like either GWB or the transcriber mis-stated or mis-heard "September 14th" -- a reference to the day that the President visited Ground Zero and made his now-famous "I can hear you..." comments.

-- Hip Zu

[Yleemjseg]

I remember seeing that speech live on tv and thinking (being the cynical me) that that guy (during the "I can hear you..." bit) was a plant. Is there any published info on that?

[Hip Zu]

Originally Posted by Yleemjseg

I remember seeing that speech live on tv and thinking (being the cynical me) that that guy (during the "I can hear you..." bit) was a plant. Is there any published info on that?

I've not seen anything suggesting it was a plant. However, with the plethora of 9/11 conspiracy theories out there, I'm sure there's something on it somewhere.

It was probably the same guy who was lurking on The Grassy Knoll...

Originally Posted by Hip Zu

It was probably the same guy who was lurking on The Grassy Knoll...

You mean Castro?