On Sunday, all 3,500 athletes and their chaperones visited scenic points in Niagara Falls, to view one of the wonders of the world. The planners of this event had their work cut out for them: how would they transport thousands of people, hundreds of miles, in the tourist season? The kindness of people persevered to make this event possible.
Golden Arrow Line, Inc. of Rochester donated 99 buses. The Kennedy Foundation picked up the tab for the gasoline and thruway tolls necessary for the trip. Four hundred volunteers helped load and unload the buses, three hundred of which were uniformed members of the 914th Air Force Reserve, and the rest came from the New York Telephone Pioneers Club.
To keep themselves organized, the buses were divided into four waves, and then were color-coded. The caravans of red, orange, blue, and green-waved buses made the escorting service of the State Police a little easier. The buses then parked in the closed section of the Moses Parkway near Prospect Point.
The Special Olympians thoroughly enjoyed their trip, taking pictures of everything and everyone they saw. "I like New York. It’s just as pretty as Arkansas," said Bill Kimmer, 34, an Arkansas native who took second in bowling during the games at Brockport.
"That’s a lot of water," remarked one athlete from Ohio, as he pensively walked up to the railing. "So this is Niagara Falls, huh? Nice."
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