Fact check:

Post Shared by X It claims to depict former President George W. Bush flying over the ruins of the World Trade Center on 9/11. of read the caption“Bush’s Reaction to the 9/11 World Trade Center Overflights.”

That claim is false. According to University of Virginia Miller CenterPresident Bush was not in New York on the day of the attack. Rather, he attended elementary school in Florida before being evacuated to Louisiana and then to a secure bunker in Nebraska. We conducted Check Your Fact reverse image search and found similar images Dated September 14, 2001.

The original photo's photographer, Eric Draper, made the photo his own. Website with the explanation read“On September 14, 2001, President George W. Bush departed New York City aboard Marine One en route to Washington, D.C., as smoke billowed from the World Trade Center disaster scene outside his window. .”

Asked for comment, Draper told Check Your Facts: “This photo was taken on September 14, 2001, as President Bush was leaving New York City after spending the afternoon at ground zero. “It's something that happened.”

President Bush was wearing same clothes from uploaded photo When he gave his famous “bullhorn speech” to rescue workers at Ground Zero. What is “loudspeaker address”? dated September 14, 2001. (Related: Joe Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero the day after 9/11).

The website “Snopes” has Error exposed This claim.