Avion

When we walked into our hotel lobby, I felt a heavy somber. We discovered that earlier that day, 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili from the Georgian luge team had died from a crash on his training run. ... Atop our seats were a drum-shaped boxed containing a white poncho, a drumstick, a flashlight, an electric candle and a commemorative Opening Ceremony program book. All of the audience members wore the white ponchos (some sections wore light blue ponchos) so the crowd ...