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SATURDAY JUNE 29: CLOSING CEREMONIES
STORY: David Stringer
AUDIO: FULL AUDIO COVERAGE by Doug Armstrong
PHOTOGRAPHY: Linda Eyer


     
"It's been wonderful
meeting everyone in the
situation where your life
has been saved."
       --David and Debbie, Illinois
  "Bringing my kids down
here and letting them
share the games with
me
."
       --Malachi Lee, Pittsburgh
  "Pinning the quilt
when we all got a flower
on our shirts."
       --Josh Smith (age 5), Florida
 
     

"Anyone who missed it
missed out on a great deal.
"
       --Art Wilkins, Arizona

 

 

"A donor mom was crying,
so I gave her a hug, a
shell lei, and a team pin.
I hope it made a difference."
       --Ken Higa, Hawaii

 

"How many recipients
there are here --
more and more each year!"
       --Judy Poe, Louisiana

 
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"Great games!
My goal was to get a couple
of medals, and I won two
golds and a silver."
       --John Anderson, Texas
"Just meeting the people!
When I left bowling I had
nine new friends."
       --Steve Seymour, N. Carolina
"The whole games are
tears of joy.
It's just joy
."
       --Thomas Mossey, N. Carolina
 
     
"We hope we can get
more donors
. We can do!"
       --Earl Taylor, Sr., Texas
"It's changed me."
       --Anne Richards, Philadelphia
"I'm proud of my brother
because he got 2 gold
medals in golf."
       --Mason and James Holloran,
           Kentucky
 
     
"This is my first time.
It's wonderful for these
people all to get together."
       --Karen Colon, Philadelphia
  "Lots of bus rides.
Lots of nice people
--
who know what you are
talking about."
       --Alan and Amber Abbett,
          Connecticut
  "It's my first year.
It won't be my last
."
       --Jeff Maxey, S. Carolina
 

 

 

 
"I had no idea it could get
to be so emotional.
Everybody here has
had a struggle and
has a story
.
There's a whole world
of people who are
facing the same challenges."
       --Jack and Davie Walker, Texas
 

"I am so amazed.
I never thought that these
people, with all their
problems, could compete
together.
That's how you show that
life is wonderful."
       --Edna and Angelique Vazquez,
          Pittsburgh

  "Seeing my Pappy getting
his medal
in bowling."
       --Abbie Albert (age 5), Florida
 
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Last updated on: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 13:56:36 EDT