George Bush actually said...

We were truly saddened to hear that the discovery of Mickey Leland's aircraft revealed that apparently there were no survivors of this tragic accident.

Context

Statement on the Death of Representative Mickey Leland

08/12/1989

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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