U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Victoria Giordano, the daughter of September 11 victim firefighter Jeff Giordano, during a wreath laying ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York, May 5, 2011. Days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. President Barack Obama met New York firefighters on Thursday before a visit to Ground Zero to offer comfort to a city still scarred by the Sept. 11 attacks. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES – Tags: DISASTER POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)