“We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.”

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This reads as a compressed way of describing collective shock, when ordinary life is suddenly tilted by a single event. The image of the world losing its balance points to a day that changed the emotional frame for everyone, even before the details were fully understood. It lands for moments of crisis when people remember exactly where they were as the news broke.

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About Jeb Bush

American politician and businessman

Jeb Bush is an American politician and businessman, and he served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Born John Ellis Bush, he is the second son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush, and the younger brother of George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Bush later ran for president but did not win the 2016 Republican primaries. He is known for a career in politics and business, with public life shaped in part by his prominent family background.

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