Former President George H.W. Bush shaved his head on
Tuesday, supporting a two-year-old with leukemia whose father is part of the
89-year-old's Secret Service detail.
Members of the Bush Protective Division began removing their
hair last week in solidarity with Patrick, who was diagnosed with leukemia last
spring, Bush's spokesperson Jim McGrath told CBSNews.com.
Bush said "it was very easy for him to do,"
McGrath said.
Patrick's prognosis is "good," but his treatment
and illness carry a special place in Bush's heart as his daughter Robin died of
the same blood disease in 1953 when she was three.
His Secret Service members have organized a website and
50-mile motorcycle ride through Maine - where Bush resides - to help pay for
Patrick's medical bills.
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