President George Bush greets and offers comfort to friends and family members of firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty, during a ceremony at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial service in Emmitsburg, Md., Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
Gloria Najera-Ayala holds back her tears as she carries the flag in honor of her son, Daniel Kurtis Hoover Najera, of the USDA Forest Service at the San Bernardino National Forest in California, during a ceremony attended by President Bush at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Emmitsburg, Md., Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. Hoover Najera was killed during a fire in Esperanza, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006.
President George W. Bush (R) leans over to check on an unidentified member of the honor guard who collapsed due to the heat at a memorial service at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park on the National Fire Academy campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, October 7, 2007