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THE BEST: The Sydney Olympics, 2000
Whether you’re from Australia or Equatorial Guinea or anywhere in between, the Sydney Olympics are 16 glorious days that literally save the Olympic movement, which is severely on the nose after the Cashlanta ‘96 games.
One standout moment? Has to be Cathy Freeman’s 400m, when symbolism, athleticisim, jingoism and about 100 Bruce MacAvaneyisms converge, as a beautiful Australian runner displays incredible poise and grace to win. Who comes second Who cares?
Note - This piece originally appeared in this month’s edition of Madison magazine.
The official toll from the September 11 terrorist attacks stands at 2752 but there was another casualty that day – the death of implausibility, as a scenario that would have been dismissed as unbelievable by the most coke-addled Hollywood producer unfolded in real time on our television screens.
Almost 10 years on it is still a stretch to process the imagery. One passenger jet and then a second gliding into the glass and steel of the World Trade Centre, a third plane hitting the Pentagon, a fourth crashing in a Pennsylvania field, the first tower falling, the second following, the defining (and at the time, self-censored) image of The Falling Man, his identity still the matter of conjecture, who exited this hell by jumping some 100 floors to his death, frozen forever in a serene upside-down repose.
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