He went where people were hurting.
New York, after the attacks of 2001. The police officer who went with him there said he would never forget it.
Washington, D.C., in 2002, during the sniper attacks. San Diego in 2003, after the wildfires. Florida in 2004, after a season of hurricanes.
In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast, he went back to Mississippi.