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  • 14 years ago
He was just doing his job,
But a torch-bearer's quick run took the US secretary of state completely by surprise.
24-year-old Chester Centino dashed past in a Malo, a traditional Hawaiian loincloth.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHESTER CENTINO, TORCH BEARER, SAYING:
"I made sure that I was clear with security, let them know that I have a lit flame, and this is all that I was wearing with my conch shell, and they said they were okay with it. I just did my route regularly, yeah."
Little did Centino know that his sunset routine of lighting the Tiki torches around the Hilton Hawaiian village would become a viral hit.
Spreading smiles from Hawaii out across the globe, the clip has notched up thousands of hits.
Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters
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