George W. Bush talks about pitch that ‘lifted our nation,’ inspired 30 for 30 film
UNIVERSITY PARK — George W. Bush said nothing to the crowd the night he took the mound at Yankee Stadium, only a few miles from where he had shouted through a bullhorn to people digging through the wreckage of the World Trade Center less than two months earlier.
Wearing a bulletproof vest, the president flashed a thumbs-up to the crowd, then threw a perfect strike before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a signal to the country that the healing could begin.
“It was so moving, so powerful, that it lifted our nation,” sportscaster Jim Gray said Sunday night at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. “What President Bush told us without uttering a single word, was that we could once again attempt to carry on our lives. ... What an amazing symbol it was.”
Bush, members of his administration, Gray and a packed crowd of invitation-only guests were on hand for a special premiere of the latest ESPN 30 for 30 Shorts, which focuses on that ceremonial first pitch. The documentary, appropriately titled “First Pitch,” will debut on ESPN a week from Friday, on the 14th anniversary of 9/11.
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