What would have been accomploshed by him rushing out? What was he personally going to do? There is a chain of command and people on the scene and all the facts were not known at that point.
Bush was a leader. He did unpopular things knowing they would be unpopular because he thought they were the right thing to do. History has vindicated him largely, except among the left,which will never vindicate him since they still blame him for beating Gore in 2000.
Leave it to a rightard to claim it was more important for Bush to read a second grade level book than too respond to the worst terrorist attack inside our borders.

And what could he have done? He was the only person qualified to authorize a commercial plane be shot down if it was going to be used as a bomb like the first two planes. Ya think maybe acting like a president instead of like a seven year old at that moment may have been the more prudent action to take?
Bush handled 911 better than any president would've, he had all planes grounded within hours. He did what needed to be done. Including uniting the country. What did Obama do on his 911? Well that evening we have no idea where he was at. Then jets off to vegas to fundraise and play golf. When he did come out to address the situation, he told us a blatant lie about why it happened. Which he divided the country for his knowingly lying to america. He even lied about it being a terrorist attack, calling it a protest. We know why he did it, because he lied before bengazi about wiping terrorists out. Clinton wouldn't be any better though. He would've waited for a poll to tell him what to do. So I think we can all say, THANK GOD BUSH WAS IN CHARGE ON 911. I don't want to think what would've happened if Gore was president. Probably would've smoked a joint with his boy.