September 6, 1901, Madaxweyne McKinley waxa uu ka qayb galay Bandhigga Pan-American ee Buffalo, New York markii la toogtay
waxaa qoray Leon Czolgosz. Roosevelt wuxuu fasax ku joogay Vermont, wuxuuna u safray Buffalo si uu ugu soo booqdo McKinley isbitaalka. Waxay u muuqatay in McKinley uu soo kaban doono, sidaa darteed Roosevelt wuxuu dib ugu bilaabay fasaxiisii Adirondacks. Markii xaaladda McKinley ay xumaatay, Roosevelt wuxuu mar kale u safray Buffalo. McKinley wuxuu geeriyooday 14kii Sebtember, Roosevelt waxaa lagu wargeliyay inta uu ku sugnaa North Creek; wuxuu sii waday Buffalo waxaana loo dhaariyay madaxweynihii 26aad ee qaranka Ansley Wilcox House.