A special day for 11-year old Marcelas Owens and Vicki Kennedy - pics

Marcelas Owens, 11, is brought to the front of the stage by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as President Barack Obama signs the comprehensive healthcare legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 23, 2010. Watching on is Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (R) and Vicky Kennedy (above Owens), Senator Ted Kennedy's widow.


US President Barack Obama signs the health insurance reform bill as 11-year old Marcelas Owens of Seattle, WA looks on with Vice Presidnet Joe Biden March 23, 2010 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday signed into law sweeping reforms that will for the first time ensure health care coverage for almost every American.


U.S. President Barack Obama signs the healthcare legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 23, 2010. With Obama is Vice President Joe Biden (L), 11-year-old Marcelas Owens, (L) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (Standning, 4th R)(D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Standing, 2nd R)(D-NV).



WASHINGTON - MARCH 23: Victoria Kennedy, wife of former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (L), embraces Marcelas Owens during the signing ceremony for the Affordable Health Care for America Act in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The landmark bill was passed by the House of Representatives Sunday after a 14-month-long political battle that left the legislation without a single Republican vote. Owen's mother died without health care.


WASHINGTON - MARCH 23: President Barack Obama hugs widow of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) Vicki Kennedy (C) as Vice President Joseph Biden (L), Sen. Chirstopher Dodd (D-CT) (2nd R), and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) (R) look on after he signed the Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony with fellow Democrats as, clockwise from left, and health care activist Marcelas Owens look on in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The historic bill was passed by the House of Representatives Sunday after a 14-month-long political battle that left the legislation without a single Republican vote.


WASHINGTON - MARCH 23: President Barack Obama (L) hugs widow of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) Vicki Kennedy (C) as Sen. Chirstopher Dodd (D-CT) looks on after he signed the Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony with fellow Democrats as, clockwise from left, and health care activist Marcelas Owens look on in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. The historic bill was passed by the House of Representatives Sunday after a 14-month-long political battle that left the legislation without a single Republican vote.


President Barack Obama compliments Marcelas Owens on his choice of the same blue tie that the President is wearing at a rally celebrating the final passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Sen. The landmark bill was passed by the House of Representatives Sunday after a 14-month-long political battle that left the legislation without a single Republican vote.


Marcelas Owens of Seattle, right, adjusts his tie, as he stand next to Vicki Kennedy, widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, after President Barack Obama commented about their ties being similar, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior in Washington, where the president spoke about the health care reform bill.


U.S. President Barack Obama gives a "high five" to 11 year-old Marcelas Owens, of Seattle, Washington, after holding a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill while at the Interior Department in Washington, March 23, 2010. Owens lost his mother to illness before the healthcare legislation passed.


U.S. President Barack Obama gives a "high five" to 11 year-old Marcelas Owens, of Seattle, Washington, after he holds a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill while at the Interior Department in Washington, March 23, 2010. Owens lost his mother to illness before the healthcare legislation passed.


U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Vicki Kennedy, wife of former Sen. Edward Kennedy after he holds a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill while at the Interior Department in Washington, March 23, 2010. At right is 11 year-old Marcelas Owens, of Seattle, Washington. Owens lost his mother to illness before the healthcare legislation passed.


U.S. President Barack Obama holds a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill while at the Interior Department in Washington, March 23, 2010. (L-R)Connie Anderson, of Seville, Ohio, Obama, Vicki Kennedy, wife of former Sen. Edward Kennedy, and 11 year-old Marcelas Owens, of Seattle, Washington.


U.S. President Barack Obama holds a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill while at the Interior Department in Washington, March 23, 2010. (L-R) Connie Anderson, of Seville, Ohio, Obama, Vicki Kennedy, wife of former Sen. Edward Kennedy, and 11 year-old Marcelas Owens, of Seattle, Washington.

Brought tears to my eyes. Great pics!

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