And that's when Jordan lifted his tear-soaked face one last time. "I hit my shutter -- GHRMMMM, rapid-fire," Savoia told Yahoo in 2019. "And his head was up for maybe 10 seconds.

A meme is born: Former Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards guard Michael Jordan cries as he takes the podium during his enshrinement ceremony into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in ...