My one minute and 23 seconds of Olympic fame
On February 11th, one of my Twitter-using Facebook friends posted a comment on a photo I had uploaded. It said, “Did you see this: If you live in the Seattle, going to the Winter Olympics, @NewsGuySully would like to talk with you.” I emailed Chris Sullivan (of Newstalk 97.3 KIRO FM) to see if he was looking for spectators only, or if he was interested in speaking with workers as well. He said both, and we exchanged a few more emails.
Last week, I made the trek to Whistler Village after a shift at the Olympic Park to meet with Chris. He asked me a bunch of questions. Keeping in mind that speaking (particularly off the cuff) is definitely not my forte, here’s what made it on the air this morning:
By the way, there are an estimated 25,000 volunteers at the Olympic Games.
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