U.S President, Obama and his daughter swim in the Gulf in act of reassurance to travellers and local residents
US President, along with his family was seen to spend this weekend as a holiday trip at the Panama City, Florida, aiming to promote swimming, the tourism sport, in the region still recovering from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The US President and his family spent 2 days at Panama City Beach. The President and his nine year daughter were captured as taking a dip in the Gulf waters of Mexico, still struggling from the oil spill to guarantee the travellers and tourists that the water was still fit for swimming in spite of the massive spill.
During the small holiday, Obama, his wife Michelle, their youngest daughter Sasha enjoyed a fantastic ride on the converted 50 feet, 15 metres Navy Launch, known as the Bay Point Lady around Saint Andrews Bay on the perimeters of Panama City, on Sunday. The President’s eldest daughter Malia is away on a summer camp.
One point during their amazing ride, the family was seen to lean against the metal railing of the ship’s bow, when they saw a porpoise emerging at a distance from the boat.
The President stopped at an ice cream stand, where the family enjoyed large cups of ice cream, Obama’s was mint chocolate chip, during his flight back on Air Force 1 to the White House after the boat ride.
Talking to the local business leaders and officials, Obama reassured the nation that there was no oil in the water anymore. Moreover, he said that he is here to tell his people that he will not go anywhere until he has made sure the waters are completely free of the oil spillage.
Obama promised to stand by his fellow Americans of the region not just until the well was closed, the spillage cleaned up from the sea, but until the local businessmen and the residents have completely emerged out of the damages and losses they were enduring and have already suffered from. This was the major outcome of the President’s meeting with the residents, business and Coast Guard officials of Panama City, Florida.
The President also added that the authorities will test fisheries to ensure safe seafood and BP will be forced to compensate for the damages caused by the oil spill, to the business owners and residents of the area.
When the oil spillage was at its worst, after the BP leased rig explosion on the 20th of April, ending with the experts covering the well with a cap, the US President urged the Americans not to stop taking vacations in the region, which heavily depended on revenue generated from tourism, Gulf. It is popularly known for its sugar white beaches.
The next holiday, the family is planning to take their next holiday at a posh resort island off Massachusetts, in the northeast of the United States.
The President did not allow any reporters in general and photographers in particular in the vicinity, so Obama could not be captured with the swim suit. Talking to the correspondents he said, the last time he was photographed in a swim suit, the picture was made the cover of a magazine, which according to the First Lady, Michelle Obama is not a good thing.
The President said that his trip was absolutely spectacular and he enjoyed every moment of it. He also said that he was thankful to the Governor, Charlie Crist, the Mayor and the other officials who invited the First Family to the tourist resort, so fellow Americans do not hesitate to take a vacation here.
Currently, Obama’s point person on the project of Gulf Coast clean up, Thad Allen received a round of applause from the President. According to him, under Admiral Allen, and other federal organizations and state and local governments, largest recovery has been seen in any environmental disaster in American history so far and the response has been tremendous.
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