President Bush Briefly Meets Local Law Enforcement Officials

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Charlie Wells. [Source: Publicity photo]

Having returned to the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort after his morning jog, President Bush meets for a brief chat in his penthouse suite with Manatee County Sheriff Charlie Wells, Sarasota County Sheriff Bill Balkwill, Sarasota Police Chief Gordon Jolly, and Manatee County Sheriff's Colonel Ken Pearson. Wells later recalls the president was "totally unsuspecting about what is to happen.... It looked like, to me, he's saying, 'Glad to see you, but I'm ready to get on to the school and meet the kids.'" The four law enforcement officials will later travel to the Sarasota school in the president's motorcade. (Sammon 2002, pp. 36; Bayles 9/10/2002)