President Bush has sure seen many a trial during his two term presidency. Without listing them, i was simply reminded of this when reading about his speaking at a highschool graduation in the tornado torn town of Greensburg, KS.
i have a great fondness for President Bush - i should remember to pray for him more often than i have.
Anyway, i was reminded of a little, under-reported story of President Bush visiting another tornado ravaged town in Alabama during 2007. i found the story amazing then - and even more amazing in the second reading.
many great lines stand out in this account - much of the compassion and depth of the man is shown. i particularly love his comments directed to "The President" and "the mayor."
However, it is the words spoken by his security people that seem to hit me the hardest and cause me to ask the question, "what do these protectors of the President of the United States know" and "what wonders they must have seen - following this unique public servant"?
Well, that part comes at the end of the excerpt below. i'll copy a good bit of this article - but the full thing can be found at the link following the text.
From the moment of his arrival at Enterprise High School, you could sense an awe and reverence about the President. He is a deeply compassionate man, a father himself, I wonder if he wasn't pondering how he would have felt, had this happened to his daughters school when they were younger.That is a leader...
As he continued his tour of the school grounds he came upon a small group of students standing on an emblem on the floor that read, "EHS, Class of 1965". Having been told he would meet this group from the student body, he asked, "Which one of you is the President?"
Megan Parks raised her hand slightly, then hung her head and began to cry. President Bush put his arms around Megan and Sarah Carroll and all three cried. A secret service officer standing nearby, although not able to hear every word, reported that he could hear the President quoting scripture and then he said, "It's tough being President, isn't it?"
After grieving with these young class officers for a time, he began walking around again. He mentioned that he wanted that emblem preserved, at whatever cost. The Mayor spoke up and said he would see to it.
President Bush replied with, "I was talking to the President." As he began to walk towards Hillcrest Baptist Church he remarked, "Where are my children?" Lagging behind, they ran up to him, and walked the rest of the way to the church with him. The media was sent in different direction and were not allowed to accompany him to the church.
President Bush walked to the church where the families of the nine that died in this town were waiting. As he entered, his security detail remained at the door. A local police officer attached to the detail questioned the Secret Service agent he was partnered with about not going inside the church with the President. The agent remarked, "This is a far as we go, this is his time with his people." The officer then questioned the presidents protection, if they remained outside the church. Again the agent remarked, "Yes, he is protected, but not by us."
Inside the church, President Bush was again seen with tears streaming down his face as he spoke with the families that lost loved ones and grieved with them. He prayed with them and gave assurances that all that could be done, would be done, to help them get back on their feet. He told them that this would make them stronger, that losing a loved one has a way of doing that to people. (full article with pictures)
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