Big turnout for Jackson

“I touched him. That’s all I wanted to do.”
Those words were uttered today at Balistine W. Hopkins Head Start Center as actor Samuel Jackson, wearing his signature Kangol cap, made his way through a sea of kids (and adults).
The adults were more excited about seeing Jackson than the kids were. You could tell by their mad rush to the sides of the stage and because organizers had to keep telling them to move so the kids could see.
But that didn’t stop the cameras from flashing and the video from rolling.
Jackson commented that the event was a lot bigger than he expected.
“I was expecting to see the kids; I wasn’t expecting to see all the parents.”
After his speech stressing the importance of education, Jackson was photographed with each group of Head Start kids. However, one group missed its turn because they were standing to the side.
A woman with the kids said, “Let me hold up the sign so he can see us. I don’t have but two babies. He’ll never get over here to us.”
Sadly enough, he didn’t.