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fastest man on earth on skates. i invited him to sit with the vice president. and as he came in, i said, what was the most meaningful experience in your olympic games? and he said carrying in the florida that was flying above the world trade center on 9/11 at the olympic ceremonies. one of the eight athletes sleggetted to carry in that selected to carry in that flag. you have to bring it in horizontally. he carried it in and we brought into the stadium, 55,000 people. we expected that when it was announced they would burst into tears, but instead, total silence. and he said, we carried the flag and stopped in front of the choir and they began performing the national anthem. they were singing those words and i was holding that flag. and he said the choir did something i hadn t expected. i knew it was coming and i was the guy in charge of the olympics and i picked the version and it was a 1930 s version by robert shaw where you repeat the last line. they go up, o say ....

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