The 'A Second Plane Has Just Hit' meme features the historic moment when Chief of Staff Andrew Card informed President George W. Bush of the September 11 attacks during a reading demonstration at an elementary school. While the original context is tragic, internet culture repurposed the image of Card whispering into Bush's ear to signal the arrival of any sudden, world-shaking news—often for humorous or trivial events. The format typically follows the phrasing 'Sir, a second [thing] has hit the [place],' and it regained massive popularity on social media platforms like Twitter and TikTok in the early 2020s as a way to react to breaking pop culture news.