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Hey everyone~~ I know Ruth and her family. I can't tell you how much it meant to Ruth that he did stop. Most of the pics posted here were taken by her daughter-in-law with a disposable camera. This was truly a “a spur of the moment” stop for Bush. The only “planning” that happened was when they found out the night before that he was attending a fund-raiser in the neighborhood and the daughter in law “planned” on making the sign because it was Ruth's 91st birthday. She said that they had nothing to lose that it would be fun and that if the President would just wave to Ruth as he drove by then that was good enough. You would have to know the daughter in law to realize that doing something like this is so NOT out of character for her to do. They put the sign in the yard and lined up lawn chairs to watch the motorcade go by. They were all just excited to be able to be this close to the President. When Bush drove by he did see the sign and waved at them. They thought this was the end of it and were thrilled. They stayed outside to watch all the activity and to wait for him to come back out. The neighborhood is a closed in one-street deal that is backed up by woods. Easy for the secret service to contain security wise. Only one way in or out. When the motorcade passed by again the President's car stopped right in front of them and he got out and walked over to Ruth and sat next to her. That's how it all went down. President Bush had nothing to gain by doing this as his days in office are limited. He did it because he is a wonderful human being. The reason the press was with him was because he had given an award to a woman and toured a facility in Euclid already. I think someone here already mentioned that. I'm going to miss President Bush.

Thank you for posting this encounter stories like this add to complete picture of this men that dispite some comments on this board many on the forum do truly appreciate and love.

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