(5)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

(5)Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games open

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - The tattered ''Ground Zero'' flag, dug out from the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is carried by U.S. athletes into the Rice-Eccles Stadium at the start of the 19th Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony Feb. 8.

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