SPORTS
The events of Sept. 11 will forever be remembered by every American.
And as the opening ceremonies of the 19th Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City showed, we arent the only ones who remember.
From the introduction to the lighting of the cauldron by the 1980 mens Olympic hockey gold medalists, these games have taken on a new persona.
Theres still going to be that competitive fire thats been the foundation of the games for as long as one can trace it back, but now more than ever, the nations are more unified.
America and perhaps the entire world will never forget the images of the twin towers crashing down upon the Manhattan landscape.
The olympians are here to represent, and win medals for their countries, but theyre also here to show these games can exist during a chaotic time.
That was my feeble attempt to create a NBC-like dramatic introduction to this column.