President George W. Bush addresses guests on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony and to honor the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush gestures as he addresses guests on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony and to honor the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush shakes hands Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 with FDNY Academy graduate Tommy Gies, son of New York firefighter Lt. Ronnie Gies who died on 9/11/01, following the President's remarks at the 9/11 Heros Medal of Valor Award Cermony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Gies, seen with his mother and brothers, told the President in an earlier meeting in March 2004 that it was his wish to follow in his father's footsteps. White House photo by Eric Draper
Prehttp://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/09/images/20050910_v091005db-0226-515h.jpgsident George W. Bush embraces one of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush meets some of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush holds Keira Corrigan of Mineola, N.Y., as he meets some of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush poses for a photo with a young man wearing a button in honor of 9/11 victim, Yamel J. Merino, as he met some of the hundreds of families and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. White House photo by Eric Draper
Vice President Dick Cheney participates in a briefing with, federal, state and local officials at the Texas State Operations Center in Austin, Texas before visiting the Austin Convention Center Saturday, September 10, 2005. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Texas Governor Rick Perry are also pictured. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney visits with families who have been relocated from their homes in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Convention Center has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney meets with the press during a visit to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Vice President spent time visiting with families who have been relocated from their homes to the Convention Center, which has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney visits with families who have been relocated from their homes in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Convention Center has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees. White House photo by David Bohrer