WI: Capitol Building Blown Up

In the pre 9/11 schedule, when was the next SotU speech due? Be a blow wouldn't it, the majority of the government and some of the largest buildings in the country going down together.
 
In the pre 9/11 schedule, when was the next SotU speech due? Be a blow wouldn't it, the majority of the government and some of the largest buildings in the country going down together.

I would expect some stirring scenes where President bush is filmed giving the speech as construction work is done in the background, most likely while having a halo of light from the sun above going through the hole in the ceiling. Due to the deaths it would not be as good a incident as the British burning the Presidential Mansion so people knew not to use Jefferson's cost saving measurings on monuments and quarry stone, but it should still allow stronger building codes,
 
You may have missed it, but the President will be in the Capitol when the aircraft hits (assuming it's during the SotU speech). Of course, this was realised long ago, so some ranking member of staff is always missing in case of just such an event, but it will still be a blow.
 
I'm pretty sure there are jersey barriers keeping vehicles well away from the Capitol building, as well as a CAP during huge VIP-heavy events.
 
One of Tom Clancy's novels does this. Its how jack ryan gets to be potus.

A Japanese airliner after a war between Japan and the US, no less! I pretty much stopped reading Jack Ryan novels after this.

But given that, the follow up novels did a fairly good job describing how the US political system might respond.
 
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