Sharon Belkofer: The ‘little old lady’ who stole everyone’s heart at the DNC

Caitlin Dickson
·Editor
Sharon Belkofer, mother of Lt. Col. Thomas Belkofer who was killed by a suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Sharon Belkofer, mother of Lt. Col. Thomas Belkofer who was killed by a suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

While introducing President Obama at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, Sharon Belkofer said she wished “every American could hug President Obama — so that they could see the good in his eyes and feel the warmth in his heart.”

But by the time Belkofer, a retired nurse-turned-local school board member whose son was killed in Afghanistan, left the stage, it was the self-described “little old lady” whom everyone wanted to hug.


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