VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Chile’s athletes and coaches are planning to skip the Olympic closing ceremonies following a magnitude-8.8 earthquake that has devastated their country.
Team spokesman Luis Alberto Santa Cruz said Saturday morning that the athletes and coaches are trying to get home from Vancouver as soon as possible because of the quake.
Santa Cruz says that some of the coaches and athletes have been able to reach family and so far, they have found out that their loved ones are fine. Some are still trying to make contact.
CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — Like many fathers, the first dad is watching one of his daughters play basketball today. President Barack Obama left the White House this morning to see 8-year-old Sasha’s basketball game at a community recreation center in Maryland. First lady Michelle Obama also went along.
They have to be very concerned.