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...torn and tattered flag rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York caused the first wrangle of the Salt Lake City Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee suggested that the banner should lead the American team into the stadium but found itself under pressure from the I.O.C., which feared that such a gesture could set an undesirable precedent. Later recognizing the exceptional emotion that Americans still attach to the battered symbol, the I.O.C. agreed to allow the Stars and Stripes to be carried in the Opening Ceremony by an honor guard of eight American athletes representing different...
Officials then plan to raise the flag while “The Star-Spangled Banner” is played...
Figure skater Todd Eldredge, another of the eight bearers, said that this particular flag has meaning for more than just Americans...
...bearers will carry the flag in a special procession after the parade of athletes...
...meantime, Ruggiero will focus on the task at hand, carrying the flag for an event that will be watched by an estimated three billion people...