The story of those remarkable hours-and the thoughts and emotions of those aboard-isolated eight miles above America, escorted by three F-16 fighters, flying just below the speed of sound, has never been comprehensively told. Bush struggled even to contact his family and to reach Vice President Dick Cheney in the White House bunker. All the while, he and his staff grappled with the aftermath of the worst attack on American soil in their lifetimes, making crucial decisions with only flickering information about the attacks unfolding below. On board, President Bush and his aides argued about two competing interests-the need to return to Washington and reassure a nation and the competing need to protect the commander in chief. Bush, as well as 70 box lunches and 25 pounds of bananas-traversed the eastern United States.
Shortly after the attacks began, the most powerful man in the world, who had been informed of the World Trade Center explosions in a Florida classroom, was escorted to a runway and sent to the safest place his handlers could think of: the open sky.įor the next eight hours, with American airspace completely cleared of jets, a single blue-and-white Boeing 747, tail number 29000-filled with about 65 passengers, crew and press, and the 43rd president, George W. But for a tiny handful of people, those memories touch American presidential history. Nearly every American above a certain age remembers precisely where they were on September 11, 2001. Graff ( is the author of The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, and a former editor of POLITICO Magazine. Half of Canada’s hospitals, in fact, are equippedwith Busch systems.Journalist Garrett M. Not only is it today recognized as Busch’s worldwide centre of excellence formedical vacuum and air systems, but it is proud to have delivered 700 of these systems in hospitals inCanada, Algeria, Bermuda, the Bahamas and China. The company notably enjoys a 90% market share in vacuum pumps for the food industry,and has developed an unrivalled expertise in the design of refined mega air and vacuum systems inthe medical sector. The subsidiary also has sales and serviceoffices in Mississauga, Calgary and Vancouver, and has 52 employees in Canada, one-third of whomare specialized engineers.In Canada, the company has successfully established itself in a number of industrial sectors, in largepart due to the Boisbriand team’s technological prowess and the reputation of Busch’s internationalnetwork. “Ofcourse I knew I was joining forces with one of the world’s largest manufacturers of vacuum pumps, butnothing could have prepared me for the adventure I was embarking on” he said.Busch’s Canadian headquarters, located 1740, Lionel-Bertrand Boulevard in Boisbriand, today alsoserves as a distribution centre, service facility and efficient design and assembly centre, and is oftenincluded among Busch’s top facilities around the globe. Wieser proudly and passionately talk about the great strides madesince 1985, when the Busch family offered him the opportunity of founding a subsidiary in Canada. Claude Duvoisin, and Boisbriand mayor Marlene Cordato were also onhand for this exciting celebration.A model among Busch subsidiaries worldwideFollowing an interesting visit of the facilities, the guests gathered outdoors under an immense tent,where they listened to Paul M. The consul general ofSwitzerland in Montreal, Mr. Also on hand were the Presidents of other subsidiaries fromGermany, Switzerland, UK, the Netherlands, the United States and Mexico. Ayhan Busch and her sons Sami and Kaya, who travelled fromGermany specially for this occasion. Wieser, proudly welcomed a number of renowned guests, among them three of themultinational’s five shareholders, Ms.
The president and General Manager of the company’s Canadian subsidiary, Mr.Paul M. Busch GmbH, celebrated its 25-yearpresence in Canada. PRESS RELEASEBusch Vacuum Technics celebrates its 25 th anniversaryBoisbriand, – was a day of commemoration, as Busch Vacuum Technics,the Canadian subsidiary of German company Dr.-Ing.
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