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The top horizontal post of the fence crashed through the windshield and struck the teen driver directly in the chest. Fortunately, the seat did not hold and collapsed into a reclining position, sending the driver into the backseat.Blanket statementThirty years later, Mike Eruzione, Jim Craig and Mark Johnson went back to the ice at Lake Placid, N.Y.Instead of slowing down and allowing the vehicle to merge, the 17- year-old driver in the SUV tried to speed up and go around car. The second vehicle, however, continued to merge into the second lane, forcing the SUV off the road. The SUV crashed into a tree and chain- link fence.About 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, a sport utility vehicle with two teen occupants was traveling along 6200 South near 5100 West when another vehicle turned onto the road and tried to merge in with traffic, said West Jordan Police Sgt. Drew Sanders.Workers removed a section of chain-link fence around the flame Saturday and replaced it with Plexiglas to allow a clearer view from ground level.If you're like most people, you get dizzy on a typical carnival ride. So, how is it that Olympic figure skaters can spin 30 to 40 times and still come out smiling and seemingly balanced on their skates?Chants of, "Let's Go Nor-way!? echoed Canada Hockey Place so loudly, the press tables vibrated.After finishing their compulsory dance Friday night, the Russians draped Canadian aboriginal blankets over their shoulders as they received first-place marks.Russian ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin wasted no time in trying to muffle the blanket condemnation that has followed their original-dance interpretation of Australian aboriginal costumes and music.Canada fans making noiseThe players donning the red, white and blue sweaters already got a taste - a very small taste - of what's in store for them today when they step onto enemy ice to play Canada on its home turf."If the seat hadn't broken. ... We're just glad that nothing worse happened. The potential is so high," Sanders said.When the United States played Norway on Thursday, the crowd became pro-Norway.This time, the captain, goaltender and top offensive threat from the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team were there to reminisce, not make a miracle. NBC plans to air a half-hour special recalling the feats of that team today during its Olympics coverage, at about 3 p.m.Dizzying display-- Pat Reavy"Miracle? plus 30

Tewanee Joseph, chief executive of the Four Host First Nations, gave the traditional blankets of the Coast Salish tribal group to the Russians on Monday at a meeting the skaters hoped could help defuse the controversy before today's original dance.