“People still need emergency help,” President Obama declared today on Cedar Grove Avenue in Staten Island, where he surveyed storm damage along with a posse of New York elected officials including Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Cuomo, and Senators Schumer and Gillibrand. “They still need heat. They still need power. They still need food. They still need shelter.” Obama’s visit did not provide nor guarantee any of those things. But what Obama did bring was hugs. Lots and lots of hugs.
He hugged people in a food distribution tent:
He hugged people on the street:
He hugged a FEMA Corp member:
He hugged Andrew Cuomo:
Also, while we don’t have a photo for you, the Times reports that when Obama met Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, “they exchanged handshakes and bear hugs.”
