‘Kind of neat’ to see the President ~ October 10, 1994
David Heiller Cindy and I and our two children went to see President Bill Clinton on Friday, Nov. 4, in Duluth. It was an interesting experience, not only seeing the president, but seeing all the side shows. Secret Service agents were everywhere. One man in a brown suit stood on the lawn outside Romano Gym talking into his sleeve. Hopefully he had a radio in there. Secret Service guy. Another guy in the balcony where we sat had a radio transmitter in his left ear. He was a young guy with a thick neck, like a football player. He walked back and forth, always looking at the crowd. I tried not to make eye contact. You wouldn’t want to tangle with him. We had to walk through metal detectors to get into the gym. Police looked in my camera bag and Cindy’s purse. Some people were being frisked with hand-held metal detectors. I wondered why. Maybe they had forgotten to remove their car keys. Or maybe they were assassins. You’re imagination runs wild with the President ar...