Political Photo of the Day

Nine years ago today (from photographer Eric Draper):

Draper describes the scene:

I remember standing at the site which still smoldered from the terrorist attack three days earlier. President Bush had just finished touring Ground Zero and embracing and talking with hundreds of firefighters. As the White House Photographer, I focused on capturing the strong emotion there. I had to press my way through the crowd to stay with the President, who was being guided to a spot to speak. I was close enough to the President to touch his legs if I tried, so I had to use my widest camera lens. When he said, “I can hear you,” I knew it was going to be a powerful, historic moment. I watched my President lead the country through its shock and grief.

As I recall it was right after this that Bush went to the area where victim's families were gathered and spent something like three hours consoling and crying with the shattered friends and relatives.