Published: Nov, 2
Obama gives a "Flaming" Speech
President Obama was speaking to high school students about his fiery passion for politics, when he literally caught fire. Yesterday, October 31, Obama was a guest speaker at Freepport High School during their falcon period. In the middle of his speech he caught on fire because so many of the FPAC lights had been trained on him that his suit overheated. Luckily, thanks to impeccable town planning, the fire station is quite close to the school. This meant that the fire department could respond quickly, and kept the fire from spreading to the crowd of confused students.
The Freeport Fire Cheif, Darrel Fournier, said, "I see why people might think this is a big deal, but honestly it is our job and I am just glad that we could help," when asked if saving President Obama meant a lot to him.
Obama was surprised that this "unusual and terrifiying incident" would happen in a small Maine town, but said that the helpfulness of freeport students and citizens has inspired him to return here in the future despite this awful fire.
Mr. Strong is rumored to have said he never knew the damage that so few lights could create and would look into using fewer lights.
Since this incident the president has fully recovered, has a new suit from Jos. A. Banks, and has resumed his tour of the state. There was a brief investigation into arson, but it looks as though it was not caused by any funny business.
Check out The New York Times article at nytimes.org for more information. For a students thoughts on this incident, check out the journalism blog at FHS.
