Some old lady's home used to be there.
The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are officially over. And the USA won the medal count, but it was the Chinese who came away looking golden, with 51 gold medals. We’ll all remember Michael Phelps winning eight golds and shattering records, the Redeem Team getting to stamp Mission Accomplished on their marching orders, and a certain lightning Bolt, who came out of nowhere to claim the title of fastest man to ever live.
But we should also remember that these Olympics also cost two people their lives, and that the China we all saw on NBC’s nonstop coverage is not the China that its billion citizens experience each day. I’m glad it’s over, and I’m glad more people didn’t get hurt. Maybe that sounds glib, but probably not to Hugh McCutcheon.
