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When then president george w. bush got word of the 9/11 attacks, he was at a florida elementary school reading to students. those children are now in their teens. our martin savidge talked to three of them about that day almost ten years ago and their reactions to bin laden's death. >> reporter: the event was famously interrupted. as now high school junior lenard rivers remembers. >> someone came in. all of a sudden we were told he had to leave. >> reporter: mariah williams was also there. >> there was a bunch of confusion and people scared and stuff. >> reporter: it was the moment the preside...

Let's take a look at our world after osama bin laden. remember, president bush was not at the white house or even in washington, when he got word of the attacks. he was at an elementary school in florida reading to children. those children saw history unfold right before their eyes. what did they remember about that day? cnn's martin savidge went to sarasota to find out. >> carol, this is a story about a story that begins at a school in florida and ends in a compound in pakistan. about tern yea10 years ago, a g mostly 7-year-old students gathered to read a story to the president of the united ...

At all. it's already billion 10 yeaeen . who would think they would catch him at 10 years. >> reporter: and it taught lenard something about life. >> anything can happen at any moment. >> reporter: it has done nothing to change her connection to that terrible day. >> it's really meaningful because i was there and i did see, i was kind of there for a part of history so obviously i'm always going to remember it. >> reporter: the students say the death of bin laden doesn't really end the story, more like closes a chapter. instead, they say the story will continue to be written through the rest of...