Subject: RE: An Image From Doug Riddell, Amtrak Corporate Communications
From: "Riddell, Alvin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:50:31 -0400

We both have that in common. My dad was my role model. He was just a telephone company employee, struggling hard to make ends meet, but he raised four kids who all went to college, and when he lost my mom to cancer about 20 years ago, his inner strength and his faith kept him going, and as a family we grew even closer. Dad passed away a couple of years ago from a cerebral hemorrhage, simply sat down on the side of his bed one evening and left us; but he left us all richer for having someone to look up to and admire. It was the regard for life and the way he lived it that was his legacy and our inheritance. I see an awful lot of that in your father, and when I see him, he reminds me an awful lot of my own dad. I've admired him, voted for him, and count myself lucky to have met him.

My best, 
Doug Riddell 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hunter Biden [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 4:35 PM
To: Riddell, Alvin
Subject: Re: An Image From Doug Riddell, Amtrak Corporate Communications

What a great story Alvin. Thanks for the kind words. As I hope you can tell I am very proud to be his son.

R. Hunter Biden
Rosemont Seneca Partners
202-333-1880

On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:53 PM, "Riddell, Alvin" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> After spending over an hour perched on the parking deck across the street to take the station shot, I was in the waiting room, prepared to take a train south when I was greeted by this familiar face, hurrying to catch his train. True to everything I'd ever heard about your dad, he stopped to speak with an elderly African American lady, waiting to catch her train. After he'd boarded and his train left, this lady came over to me and said, "This is the proudest moment of my life. I can tell my children and grand children their grandmother once met the Vice President of the United States". To that, I can only add, "Amen, and so can I".
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