[kate42]

Last night, I thought one of the coolest parts of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics was when Rick Hansen, a former Paralympian who's a paraplegic, carried the torch into the stadium for the beginning of the torch-lighting part. He just came wheeling down the ramp into the stadium and he was just beaming, it was super awesome. Anyone else watch the opening ceremonies last night?

http://www.rickhansen.com/code/navigate.as...3&postId=31

Also thought this was a great picture:

This post has been edited by kate42: 14 February 2010 - 07:58 AM

[ericr]

kate42, on Feb 14 2010, 01:03 AM, said:

Last night, I thought one of the coolest parts of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics was when Rick Hansen, a former Paralympian who's a paraplegic, carried the torch into the stadium for the beginning of the torch-lighting part. He just came wheeling down the ramp into the stadium and he was just beaming, it was super awesome. Anyone else watch the opening ceremonies last night?

http://www.rickhansen.com/code/navigate.as...3&postId=31

Yeah great show the whales swimming was genius. but Mark Hansen didnt light the 4th tourch because it never went up;

[KeepTheFaith]

Rick Hansen has certainly been instrumental in raising awareness for spinal cord injury and has dedicated the last 25 years to finding a cure and improving the lives of those living with SCI. It was great seeing him come into the stadium. HOWEVER, I was disappointed that he was left out in the sidelines as the others lit the Olympic torch. That bothered me.