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Day 44 - The Olympic Flame
44/365 (February 13, 2010) – The Olympic flame in Coal Harbour, Vancouver. No one knew who would light the cauldron. In the end, there were five former athletes who lit the indoor flame together. But the outdoor, public flame was lit by Canada’s darling, Wayne Gretzky.
When Gretzky left BC Place in the back of a truck with the torch and headed for the outdoor cauldron across town…the city went nuts. The restaurants, bars, pubs….everything emptied into the streets and people cheered and ran alongside, oblivious to the driving rain.
It was thrilling to be living in Vancouver at that moment.
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