"I remember the words the daughter told the mother when she was lying in the emergency room: 'Don't ever leave me, '" the doctor says.

CNN: December 24, 2012 -- Updated 0455 GMT (1255 HKT)

And I want to -- I want you to remember and I want you to remind everybody else those three simple words that summed up our last campaign and that will sum up our spirit as a people: Yes, we can.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a DNC event in Austin, Texas