Newly released images show former President George Bush and his senior staff in the Emergency Operations Centre in Washington following the attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon in 2001.
President Bush speaks with senior staff in the Emergency Operations Centre
The staff, including the former Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and vice-President Dick Cheney, are shown in the secure basement.
Vice-President Dick Cheney rests his feet while watching news coverage of the Twin Tower attacks
Operations Centre is a bunker under the east wing of the White House which was built to withstand a nuclear attack.
Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice showing signs of stress in the crisis briefing
Vice-President Cheney was in command when the four hijacked passenger planes crashed in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, killing 2,996 people.
Lynne Cheney was brought to the Emergency Operations Centre for security reasons
Former National Security Advisor and vice-President both make phone calls on the secure line from the White House emergency bunker
President Bush was visiting a school in Florida at the time at the time of the attacks before being flown back to the White House.
The vice-President, his wife Lynne Cheney and first lady Laura Bush during the emergency briefingNational Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice sits next to Dick Cheney, other plane attacks on the White House were expected
