Look at who met President Obama (video corrected)

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20130429/NEWS/130429635/1685#husker-spring-game-star-jack-hoffman-meets-with-president-obama

Husker spring game star Jack Hoffman meets with President Obama


OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY PETE SOUZA
President Barack Obama greets Jack Hoffman of Atkinson, Neb., in the Oval Office on April 29, 2013.


Jack Hoffman's big month just got bigger.

The 7-year-old cancer patient who became an Internet sensation for his touchdown run in Nebraska's spring football game has yet another fan — President Barack Obama.

Jack, his family and former Husker running back Rex Burkhead visited Obama for 15 minutes in the Oval Office on Monday. Obama presented Jack with a new football and told him he was proud of him.

"I thought it was awesome," Jack said.

FULL story at link.


Related news at link.

Shatel: Cameras catch little of Jack's long journey
World-Herald editorial: Little Husker and big hearts
Man, woman and child ... what a run!



#1 ESPN this month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_784508&feature=iv&src_vid=CH-g0mEUJq8&v=_Jmisv1Spck

[alsame]

1. That video is beautiful. Those guys

did an amazing thing for Jack.

[freshwest]

2. Thanks, OS. A vision of overcoming the odds.

[Cha]

3. thanks Steve! And, there it is..

"It was just such a great opportunity for us to visit him and raise national awareness for pediatric brain cancer," Andy Hoffman said. "He talked about his commitment to research and science."

[malaise]

4. How lovely

Thanks Steve - Rec

[DreamGypsy]

5. Cool story. He's even got a football trading card.

Upper Deck also created a trading card to immortalize Jack's spring game run.



There really are a lot good, caring people in the world.

Thanks for the post, OS.

[nineteen50]

6. I would rather he

show compasion by changing his stance on chained cpi.

[KoKo]

7. It's very cute and compassionite the "Released Photo/Video Op" BUT..

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agree the Old need to be around for the YOUNG...so I'd like him to focus on BALANCE of his COMPASSION... Spread it around a little. That would be the thing to do to BRING folks together.

[KoKo]

8. BTW...I hear the Democratic Progressive Caucus had to Write Letter to get Meeting

with PBO. You think if they brought their Children and Grandchildren with them it would get this kind of Media Play from the WH PR Team?

Or, is it that the "Progressive Caucus" had Children and Grandchildren who are "privileged" and therefore it would merit much media coverage from those in the MSM who already have their kids in nice Beltway Private Schools and who themselves might have had some "help" growing up for their college from "said Elders," and it wouldn't look too good like this your eyes out Photo/Video achieves?