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12 |
16 |
7 |
35 |
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| USA |
10 |
13 |
11 |
34 |
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11 |
7 |
6 |
24 |
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6 |
3 |
8 |
17 |
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6 |
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16 |
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10 |
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Olympians Wear Sept. 11th Reminder
KSL-TV
U.S. athletes say throughout these Games, the heroes of September 11th have inspired them. And each of those athletes has a piece of jewelry that serves as a constant reminder of an individual who died that day.
The memory of September 11 has never been far away from these Olympic Games. U.S. athletes carried the "ground zero" flag at Opening Ceremonies. And many are wearing another reminder.
Wednesday night in Park City, a long line of people waited to meet gold medalist Picabo Street.
As Street signed autographs, she wore a copper bracelet inscribed with a single name, that of a New York City firefighter who died when the towers of the World Trade Center came down.
"Mine says Chaplain Michael Judge," Street told us.
Judge was the man who rushed to "Ground Zero" to deliver last rites to victims of the diaster, only to be killed by falling debris when the second tower fell.
"It means a lot," Street says. "It's really like, I'm proud to be able to wear it. And that's the closest I could get. I haven't been there yet and I want to go and pay tribute. This is heroic."
On the eve of the Games, all 211 members of the U.S. team received a bracelet through one of the Septermber 11 foundations, each with the name of a New York firefighter killed that day.
Gold medalist skeleton athlete Tristan Gale wears a bracelet that honors Squad 1 fireman David Fontana.
"When I first got the bracelet I was so worried," she says. "I'm like, 'I hope that David would be okay abaout me having his name on it.' I thought maybe he would want someone cooler or something. But hey, I kept this on my wrist. I didn't slide with it because I was afraid I might damage something, like me or it. So I took it off. But it's been on my wrist since Opening Ceremonies except for that."
We should note that not every firefighter who died that day is represented on a bracelet, only the ones whose families gave permission for their name to be inscribed. Many athletes are wearing the bracelets around the Olympic Village and say they will keep them their whole lives.
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February 22, 2002
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