An Alaskan mom and her baby met former President Obama at the airport

An Alaskan mom named Jolene Jackinsky was waiting with her baby, 6-month-old Giselle, at Anchorage International Airport this week when she noticed a man who looked a lot like former President Barack Obama. "As I got closer," she said, "I thought, 'Oh my God, it is Obama.'"

The ex-president walked over to chat. "He asked what our names were and where we were going. He talked about how fast they grow up and that he's got a girl who's going to college," Jackinsky recalled. Obama held Giselle and joked that he was taking the baby before snapping a selfie with Jackinsky and heading to his flight.

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