In 2015 the National Archives released photographs taken at the White House’s secret command facility at the height of the crisis on September 11, 2001. All of the images were taken by the vice president’s official photographer David Bohrer. Most show meetings taking place in the President’s Emergency Operations Center, located beneath the White House. Here’s a look at President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and their senior staff as they confront the events of that day.

President Bush talks with Cheney and Rice. In Florida on the morning of the attacks, Bush arrived back at the White House around 7 p.m., where he gave a live address to the nation.