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Forty-one years ago this month, the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, suffered an accident that led to a partial meltdown of the reactor’s core. In the midst of the crisis, while engineers worried that there was still a potential hydrogen bubble beneath the plant that could result in an explosion that would carry radiation around the globe, President Jimmy Carter arrived on the scene. Carter participated in an inspection of the facility, including donning protective gear to visit hazardous areas. Afterward, he addressed the nation from the site, calming the fears of those in the area, across the nation, and around the world.

That was then. That was when America still had leaders.