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8:8:8: Beijing Olympics

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8:8:8: Beijing Olympics

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The running of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch through our City on April 9, 2008 will live in San Francisco history as one of the most memorable live-TV experiences in many years. I personally was interviewed by more than two dozen media outlets, including foreign news and a one-on-one live interviews on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer and various national/international TV / Radio outlets.  I would like to share with you a note I received from Robert Fasulo, Chief of International Relations for the U.S. Olympic Committee

— David Perry

Dear David, I’m sure our communications team will have already expressed our thanks and gratitude for your excellent work on the torch, but I just returned from the meetings of the National Olympic Committees in Beijing, where many Olympic leaders followed the developments of the torch on CNN, and I wanted to let you know how much your well-articulated statements on camera were appreciated.  Many Olympic officials approached me to congratulate us on the “city spokesperson” who spoke so well to CNN as the exciting events unfolded.  So I just wanted to say my own word of thanks for representing with such dignity and confidence the city and our country. 

In appreciation, Alfredo and were presented with an actual Olympic Torch: one of only a handful given in gratitude to members of the San Francisco team.