Remembering 9/11: George W. Bush’s Unforgettable Speech at Ground Zero

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Flashback: While visiting a college campus, Charlie Kirk memorably spoke with a student who baselessly called him a “racist.” Kirk calmly denied the allegations and asked the student to cite an example. The student was unable to and stormed off. 6:20pm- Twenty-fours years ago, while visiting Ground Zero in New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush delivered one of the most powerful remarks in American history. Telling NYC first responders: “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” 6:40pm- On Thursday night, President Donald Trump will attend the Yankees game in New York City—commemorating the 24th anniversary of September 11th. Trump stopped by the locker room pregame and shook each player’s hand.

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0:15.8	The president is arriving in New York City.
0:18.6	He's going to the Yankee game tonight where they honored Charlie Kirk
0:22.9	last night. And we are all, of course, still shocked at what occurred and waiting to see if we
0:29.3	can find anything on the assassin and any details on all of these things. That is what is happening
0:36.7	right now. Welcome back to the show.
0:38.2	Glad you're here today. 855, 839, 12, 10 on X at Rich Zioli. I appreciate you being here.
0:45.3	A number of lawmakers are reacting to all this. The one thing is they keep saying we live in a time of political violence.
0:52.5	I'm sorry, but we don't live in a time of political violence.
0:55.1	We live in a time where the left is engaging in political violence.
0:59.3	Not both sides and not a time of political violence.
1:03.8	The left is engaging in political violence, and the left keeps talking about political violence.
1:08.7	So that's what's happening in this country right now, is that the left has, by their rhetoric,
1:14.2	they have ratcheted up people who want to kill conservatives.
1:18.9	And they've called us every name in the book.
1:21.9	And now this is what's happening.
1:24.2	It is not both sides and it is not a culture of violence and it's not a dark, violent time in America's.
1:31.6	It's a political party that has allowed to itself to be hijacked by people that believe in using abhorrent rhetoric.
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