Bear hug from Obama for disabled Army vet Theresa Hannigan from LI
Photo credit: Getty Images | President Barack Obama shakes hands with U.S. Army Sgt. Theresa Hannigan of Long Island, wearing a device which allows paraplegics to walk, during a tour a technology exposition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (March 21, 2013)
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"How would you like to meet your president?"
Retired Army Sgt. Theresa Hannigan, invited to Israel to meet the developers of a bionic device that allows her to walk, was surprised by the question Tuesday.
"You're joking, right?" the Patchogue woman, a paraplegic, told them. "What soldier would not want to meet their commander in chief?"
Not only did they meet, but President Barack...
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