Before Jim Lehrer joined the other journalists leaving town because of the changes to the RNC, he got to meet one of his most hard-core fans.
Remember 2 years ago, I did a story about a 3-year-old boy who loved the NewsHour so much, he had a Jim Lehrer-themed birthday party? You don't remember? Seriously? OK,
here's the link. Henry Schally had a party with a NewsHour cake, and he got an autographed photo from Lehrer as a present. It read, "To my youngest fan" and was signed, "Jimmy Jimmy BoBo", which is the nickname Henry gave Lehrer.
Today, I got an e-mail from Henry's mom Jennifer, with some awesome pictures. Here's Henry with Jimmy Jimmy BoBo himself:
And Henry with correspondent Ray Suarez:
Jennifer wrote:
Henry was truly excited to meet Jim - when we left he said "Jim & I are best friends!" So after 2.5 years Henry is still very interested in politics and watches the NewsHour a lot. This was a once in a lifetime experience for us. Everyone at the NewsHour was so nice and friendly and wonderful to us!
