‘Oh My God, It Is Obama’: Alaska Mom, Baby Meet Ex-President

by Associated Press, News, Jul 9 2017, 11:50 am ET, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us...baby-meet-ex-n781091

An Alaska mother is cherishing cellphone photos she snapped of her wide-eyed 6-month-old baby in the arms of former President Barack Obama.

Jolene Jackinsky was at Anchorage International Airport on Monday looking for an airline gate when she ended up in a waiting area for private flights where a man she thought looked like Obama was sitting.

"As I got closer, I thought: Oh my God, it is Obama," she recalled Friday from Newhalen, a small Alaska village where she's vacationing.

Obama then walked up to her and asked "Who is this pretty girl?"

They chatted about how fast children grow while Obama carried baby Giselle. Jackinsky took a few photos of a smiling Obama carrying Giselle, who was wearing a straw hat with a white ribbon.

Obama told them he was headed home from a vacation, Jackinsky said.

Airport officials were not immediately available Friday evening after work hours to confirm that Obama had stopped there.

When Giselle's father approached, Obama joked, "I'm taking your baby," Jackinsky said.

Giselle was calm and content during the brief encounter, Jackinsky said. "It was only five minutes but it was a moment that will last forever," she said.

She posted the photos on Facebook.

"I think it's unreal and pretty exciting that I get to have a picture with him and my baby," she said. "Not a lot of people get to meet him."

Former U.S. President Barack Obama holds Giselle Jackinsky at Anchorage International Airport in Alaska Courtesy Jolene Jackinsky

Who is Obama? I never heard of him. Is he an American? Lol

Who is Cobra? Is it a person or a reptile? 

I wonder if any Russians saw this from their doorstep..as Sarah Palin was able to see Russia.

In a sense she was right...there are two islands a mile or two apart one on Russia's side the other at Alaska. But something tells me she meant downtown Russia.

She most probably meant right inside the Kremlin.

And definitely not these two islands.

Yep Little Diomede (US) & Big Diomede (Russia). It is said on a clear day "they" can see each other. Even though only just over 2 miles apart there is a 21hr time difference.