Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president.
The speech lasted 40 minutes and 14 seconds[1] and contained 5154 words.
[2] The address was broadcast live on radio and television.
The speech was the first to acknowledge a special guest, Lenny Skutnik, who was an ordinary hero of Air Florida Flight 90 took place two weeks earlier.
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