He wanted to catch up and say something, but his feet felt like they were filled with lead, unable to move. He knew that from this moment on, some things had changed completely and irreversibly.
That night, the White House press room held an extremely brief and subdued impromptu press conference.
The press secretary stood behind the podium with a grave expression, answering no questions, only reading a brief statement from President Bush:
"In light of the unprecedented challenges facing the country and due to personal health reasons, I, George Walker Bush, hereby announce my resignation as President of the United States of America, effective immediately. May God bless America!!"
Though the statement was only a few sentences long, it was like a bombshell on the global political stage.
Despite the world's earlier guesses about the Bush administration's precarious state, the impact of him resigning in such a seemingly 'abandoning the job' manner was still unprecedented.
