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Posted: 10 Sep 2011 01:51 PM PDT

by Mike Krumboltz

After the attacks on 9/11, "Never Forget" became a kind of slogan, a way to honor the victims and heroes of that horrific day. President George W. Bush took that sentiment to heart.

Following the aftermath of the attacks, Bush met with families of the victims. One woman, Arlene Howard, approached the president and gave him a police badge. The badge belonged to her son, George Howard, who was an officer for the Port Authority Police Department in New York City.

CNN conducted an interview with Eric Draper, the official White House photographer during Bush's presidency. The badge meant a great deal to Bush. Draper remarked, "He would always carry it and pull it out to remind people and to remind himself about what happened that day." During an address to Congress ten days after the attack, Bush held up Badge 1012 as a symbol for all those who lost their lives.

Bush remarked: "And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others. It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. This is my reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end..."

The official site of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association hosts a memorial to Officer Howard. He wasn't officially working on September 11, 2001. He had the day off, but heard about the attacks and immediately went down to the World Trade Center to help in any way that he could.

This wasn't the first time Howard responded to an emergency at the World Trade Center. When the site was bombed in 1993, Officer Howard responded and was credited with saving several lives. He was off duty on that day, as well.

Officer Howard was 44 at the time of his death.

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