Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostAir Force One lands at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are en route with Colorado Governor Jared Polis to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostTwo members of the United States Secret Service scan the area from the top of a truck prior to the arrival of Air Force One at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are en route with Colorado Governor Jared Polis to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostPresident Joe Biden exits Air Force One with First Lady Jill Biden after arriving at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The President is en route to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostPresident Joe Biden exits Air Force One with First Lady Jill Biden after arriving at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The President and First Lady are greeted by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Lieutenant Gov. Dianne Primavera, and State Senate President Leroy Garcia at the bottom of the boarding stairs. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are en route with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostAn Osprey V-22 departs from Denver International Airport accompanying Marine One on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are en route with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
Saul Loeb, AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden, center, and First Lady Jill Biden, right, are greeted by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Denver International Airport on Jan. 7, 2022, as they travel to view damage from recent wildfires.
Susan Walsh, The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden tour a neighborhood in Louisville, Colo., Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, that was impacted by the recent Marshall wildfire.
Susan Walsh, The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden talk with people as they tour a neighborhood in Louisville on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, that was impacted by the recent Marshall wildfire.
Saul Loeb, AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden, center, hugs a man as he and First Lady Jill Biden, right, greet local residents during a tour of a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall Fire in Louisville on Jan. 7, 2022. Authorities say the fast moving wildfire destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
Susan Walsh, The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden talk with people as they tour a neighborhood in Louisville on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, that was impacted by the recent Marshall wildfire.
Susan Walsh, The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden embraces a person as he tours a neighborhood in Louisville on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, that was impacted by the recent Marshall wildfire.
Saul Loeb, AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden meet with victims as they tour a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall Fire in Louisville on Jan. 7, 2022.
Saul Loeb, AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden meet with victims as they tour a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall Fire in Louisville on Jan. 7, 2022.
Saul Loeb, AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden, right, and First Lady Jill Biden, center, meet with fire victims after touring a neighborhood destroyed by the Marshall Fire at the Louisville Recreation and Senior Center in Louisville on Jan. 7, 2022.
Susan Walsh, The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden talks about his administration's response to wildfires, during a visit to Louisville on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with families and toured a Louisville neighborhood impacted by a recent wildfire.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostPresident Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One with First Lady Jill Biden at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The President and the First Lady toured the Marshall fire burn area in Boulder County.
Eric Lutzens, The Denver PostAir Force One sits on the tarmac at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. The President and First Lady toured the Marshall fire burn area in Boulder County.
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Air Force One lands at Denver International Airport on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are en route with Colorado Governor Jared Polis to tour the Marshall fire destruction in Boulder County.
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By Eric Lutzens | The Denver Post and The Associated Press
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Urging victims of the Marshall fire to “hang on to one another,” President Joe Biden on Friday told devastated families in Boulder County that the federal government “is not going to go away” when it comes to helping thousands of displaced families recover from the deadly Marshall fire.
The president spent a little more than four hours in Colorado on Friday, flying over the burn area in Marine One and then touring the neighborhood around Harper Lake in Louisville on foot, hugging families and first responders against a backdrop of charred foundations and blackened trees.
