Obama says he won’t forget Gulf oil spill families

WASHINGTON — A Louisiana man whose son was among the 11 workers killed in the Gulf oil disaster says President Barack Obama told the families that he will not forget about them.

Obama met with the families this afternoon at the White House.

Keith Jones, an attorney from Baton Rouge, says Obama spent as much time as it took with each of the grieving families. Jones called the meeting a “very positive experience” and says the president even played with his 4-week-old grandson.

The baby’s father, Gordon, was a mud engineer on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded April 20 and later sank, leading to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Millions of gallons of oil continue to pour into the Gulf of Mexico.