Terry Fox Should Carry the Torch and Light the Olympic Cauldron

Published by Toronto Mike on February 12, 2010 @ 12:04 in Olympics

olympicsJust yesterday we were discussing who will be the final torchbearer tonight as the Olympics kick off in Vancouver.

Since I wrote that entry, we've been told it won't be Wayne Gretzky. I'm sure we'll see Wayne tonight, but he won't be the person lighting the Olympic cauldron inside BC Place.

It's safe to say it will be one of these nine people.

  • Terry Fox
  • Betty Fox
  • Wayne Gretzky
  • Nancy Greene Raine
  • Rick Hansen
  • Barbara Ann Scott
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Joe Sakic
  • Gaetan Boucher

Yes, I've included Terry Fox on that list. Terry passed away in 1981, but he's the reason I raise money and run in the Terry Fox Run every year. He continues to inspire my kids, and I sincerely consider him the greatest Canadian.

A hologram of Terry Fox, perhaps with his mother, lighting the Olympic cauldron, makes the most sense. No living Canadian epitomizes the spirit of amateur athletics the way Terry does.

Terry Fox

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Stephanie Wilkinson
February 12, 2010 / 12:10

THAT would be INCREDIBLE.

Wayner
February 12, 2010 / 12:49

My kids go to one of the many schools named after Terry Fox. They would get a kick out of it...Call me naive but is hologram technology advanced enough to make it look somewhat realistic?

Toronto Mike
February 12, 2010 / 12:58

I think hologram technology has come a long way the past few years. I'm thinking of those hologrammed reporters in the CNN news room during the 2008 US election.

But I don't know... I don't think any of us know. I just know that if they got this right, and we saw Terry running with the flame, it would be amazing.

elvis
February 12, 2010 / 13:23

I'm very excited about this. If Terry and/or Betty light the torch, I'm giving a standing O from my family room.

Buffalo Boy Mike
February 12, 2010 / 13:33

I think its awesome the number of distinguished people Canada has to draw from for the lighting of the flame. Terry Fox's hologram would be amazing, Gretzky would be amazing, Michael J. Fox would bring down the house, its amazing the list above here is not just a list of great Canadians, its a list of great people period.
I personally think Michael J would be the best choice but there should definitely be a shout out to Terry somehow.
Canada is blessed some of the greatest people the world has known.

Greg
February 12, 2010 / 15:06

Go Terry...

Wow, how incredible would that be?

Mike from Lowville
February 12, 2010 / 15:46

I would not be able to hold my composure. I'm sure there would not be a dry eye in this great land, from coast to coast..

Anonymous
February 13, 2010 / 02:44

A hologram of Terry Fox lighting the torch would have been absolutley amazing !! It would have been a statement to the world of who Canadians truly are !!!!

Elaine
February 19, 2010 / 21:31

Vancouver really missed the mark when they did not have Terry lighting the torch. He really was the best choice...a lost opportunity that would have been the most incredible ending to the torch relay. Only with these Vancouver olympics could they have done this and have it make perfect sense. I'm still shaking my head as to why they didn't do it.

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