Kokomo — Fallon Heaslip had exciting news to report when her parents asked her what she did at school Tuesday.
The Sycamore Elementary fourth-grader hugged President Obama during his visit to Kokomo.
The Kokomo-Center elementary’s 700 students and 70 staff members were standing outside to watch the presidential motorcade pass on East Sycamore Street. All of a sudden, it slowed and stopped. Several bodyguards stepped from the cars, and then President Obama left his limousine.
The crowd of students burst into screams and shouts. They began pushing forward, hoping to touch or shake hands with the president. Third-grader Bailey Zook said he spent about 20 minutes walking up and down the line of students, shaking hands, getting hugs and having pictures taken with cell phone cameras.
Teacher Becky Farrington was at the front, and was the first to shake hands with the president.
“That part was exciting. He walked toward me with his hand out, and suddenly I realized he was coming to me,” she said.
Heaslip said students and teachers were crying, and pushing toward the front, “like it was a Miley Cyrus concert.” She managed to get close enough to talk to Obama.
“I said, ‘You are a really good president. You are the best president I’ve known since I was born,’” she said. “I was so happy, I just hugged him, and he said, ‘Oh, thank you.’ I didn’t think I would ever hug a president. I will remember this for the rest of my life.”
http://kokomotribune.com/local/x20124995/Sycamore-Elementary-students-staff-meet-President-ObamaCool pics of the kids waiting here:
http://static.cnhi.zope.net/flashpromo/kokomotribune/flashpromo/photo10/PresidentObama/index.html
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