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It was hard to call off air force one that day and to call to it. we tried several times to reach each other and finally did reach each other. we learned a lot about white house communications that day and made changes. >> it's surprising to me to hear you say you were never really scared. so many millions of americans were scared for you and for your husband. >> in retrospect flight 93 may have been headed toward the capitol, which is where i was on september 11th, with senator kennedy and senator judd gregg, but i really was not afraid of that. and then when i got to the bunker late that aft...

We had been the children of a president. we knew when george decided to run that that's what happens. and it's not just what happens to a republican president. now as we see, it's what happens to anybody on either side of the aisle that serves in the office of president of the united states. there's always a loud chorus of complaint from the other side. or even from your own friends. >> how did barbara and jenna handle that criticism? >> they lived with it. they knew about it because they were born the year their grandfather was elected vice president. so it was something they were aware of. a...

The white house is so tucked in that if that was really the first site or first intention of that hijacker, they went onto the pentagon. >> people hear the word bunker and they have a vision. describe what the bunker at the white house is like. >> it really is sort of like a bunker. it's deep below the white house in a basement. i think it was maybe added during truman or roosevelt during war. and it looks like it was added during truman or roosevelt. the furniture looks that old in it. there's a hideaway bed in it that the secret service told george and me they wanted us to spend the night th...

Your husband was president of the united states. 9/11, there was a grenade thrown at him. were you ever really scared for your husband, your family, yourself? >> i think every first lady probably worries a little bit about her husband. i think that's just part of it. not really. i'm not really a fearful person and neither is george and of course we knew we were protected by the secret service and so i was not -- seldom was i really afraid for either him or myself. >> what about on 9/11? how scared were you on that day? >> i wasn't afraid for myself or for him. i knew he was okay as the secret ...

Trail in 2004 in florida. i know he went into a back room. i watched him go in. i saw, seemed to me when he came out re emotional. i know todd beamer's dad was there. todd beamer known for let's roll in the flight that went down in pennsylvania. he took a lot of this hard. >> sure, of course you do. that's the most difficult thing to know that you are the one who gave the orders for troops to go into harm's way. it was not something we expected. you don't expect that if you are going to run for president that that is possible. we really when george ran for office he ran on nearly all domestic ...