Wednesday, July 24, 2013

George H.W. Bush shaves head in solidarity with 2-year-old leukemia patient

HANDOUT IMAGE --KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE -- JULY 24: President George H. W. Bush this week joined members of his Secret Service detail in shaving his head to show his support for the two year-old son of a detail member who is being treated for leukemia and started losing his hair. Many members of his security detail had already gone under the razor to show their support for young Patrick, whose father Jon is a member of the Bush Protective Division (BPD). (Surname being withheld per family's request.) (Photo credit: Office of George H.W. Bush)
If you've ever wondered what George H.W. Bush would look like with a shaved head, here’s your answer. Distinguished yet rugged, no? Kind of like Bryan Cranston on “Breaking Bad” plus a few more decades?
The 41st president took up the razor this week to join several members of his Secret Service detail who bared their scalp in solidarity with an agent’s 2-year-old son, who has lost his hair during treatment for leukemia. (Funds for his treatment are being raised via several events at www.patrickspals.org) Bush posed here with the boy, identified only as Patrick for the family’s privacy. It’s a cause close to his heart: Bush and his wife Barbara lost their daughter Robin to the disease at age 4 in 1953.
HANDOUT IMAGE --KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE -- JULY 24: President George H. W. Bush this week joined members of his Secret Service detail in shaving his head to show his support for the two year-old son of a detail member who is being treated for leukemia and started losing his hair. Many members of his security detail had already gone under the razor to show their support for young Patrick, whose father Jon is a member of the Bush Protective Division (BPD). (Surname being withheld per family's request.) (Photo credit: Office of George H.W. Bush)
Source: Washington Post

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