9/11 Salute At Ground Zero

President Obama, accompanied by former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, in the foreground, visited a Midtown fire station that lost 15 firefighters on Sept. 11. Doug Mills/The New York Times

In 9/11 Salute, Obama Visits New York Firefighters, Ground Zero -- L.A. Times

In the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid, President Obama arrives in New York to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site. He also visits a firehouse that lost 15 men on the day of the terrorist attacks.

Reporting from New York and Los Angeles — President Obama on Thursday arrived on a mission of commemoration and compassion in New York, where he met with firefighters and will lay a wreath at the site of the fallen World Trade Center, brought down by Al Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, was killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.

Obama, whose approval rating has bumped upward after Sunday's foray against the United States' most wanted fugitive, also will meet with relatives of some those killed in the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001, and with some of the firefighters and police who were among the first responders when the plane struck the office towers in lower Manhattan. It is Obama's first visit to the site since becoming president, though he went there as a candidate.

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My Comment: Hmmmm .... big event .... lots of people .... families who lost loved ones, survivors, media, politicians .... everyone is there .... with the exception of one person.

What is my take .... both President Clinton and President Bush should have showed up.