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\f0\fs24 \cf0 >> Dwane: SAN DIEGO PARK OF\ CHAMPIONS IS THE LARGEST OF IT'S\
KIND.\ ALAN KIDD IS PRESIDENT OF THE\
MUSEUM AND JOINS US FROM THE\ KPBS NEWS CENTER.\
SAN DIEGO SPORTS FANS ARE\ SHOCKED BY THE DEATH OF JUNIOR\
SEAU.\ WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU\
THINK ABOUT THE STAR LINEBACKER\ FROM OCEANSIDE?\
>> DWANE, HE HAD A INSPIRATION\ AND PASSION ABOUT HUM THAT\
\page CARRIED EVERYWHERE HE WENT.\ THE ATHLETIC FIELD, ULTIMATELY\
IN THE CLASSROOM, THE CLINICS HE\ DID FOR KIDS, THE PHILANTHROPY\
AROUND SAN DIEGO.\ THE PASSION WAS CONTAGIOUS.\
HE WAS A BIGGER THAN LIFE\ CREATURE OUT.\
THERE PEOPLE LOVED HANGING\ AROUND JUNIOR.\
HE WAS ONE OF THE FAVORITE GUYS\ TO BRING OUT TO RAISE MONEY.\
A BIG PART OF HIS PASSION WAS\ FOR KIDS.\
PARTICULARLY KIDS IN HIS\ OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY AND SAMOAN\
COMMUNITY.\ WE USED JUNIOR IN A NUMBER OF\
EVENTS NAMELY WITH KIDS TO RAISE\ MONEY TO GIVE THE KIDS BETTER\
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEIR PEERS\ MAY OF HAD OVER THEM.\
>> Dwane: AS I MENTIONED THE\ HALL IS REALLY A PLACE FOR IN\
STATIONAL SPORTS LEGENDS, MANY\ FROM SAN DIEGO.\
SEAU ISN'T IN THE HALL AT THIS\ TIME, RIGHT?\
>> YES.\ THE UNFORTUNATE TIMING OF THE\
SITUATION IS PART OF THE\ REGULATIONS IS THE ATHLETE NEEDS\
TO BE RETIRED A NUMBER OF YEARS.\ THREE YEARS TO BE EXACT.\
HE WAS UP TO BE INDUCTED THIS\ YEAR.\
I HAVE NO DOUBT HE WOULD OF BEEN\ A UNANIMOUS SELECTION AND STILL\
WILL BE.\ IT'S THIS YEAR HONORING HIM WILL\
BE UNDER A DIFFERENT\ CIRCUMSTANCES.\
EVERYTHING HE DID ON THE FIELD\ CERTAINLY DESERVES TO BE HONORED\
IN THE HALL OF CHAMPIONS ON A\ PERMANENT BASIS.\
>> Dwane: HOW DOES HE LEAVE SAN\ DIEGO?\
>> AS ONE OF OUR FEW\ EMBASSADORS.\
\page EVERY GREAT CITY HAS GREAT\ PEOPLE.\
JUNIOR TRANSCENDED A NUMBER OF\ GREATNESS AREAS.\
WHEN YOU TRAVEL AROUND THE\ COUNTRY, PEOPLE KNEW JUNIOR\
SEAU.\ VERY FEW PEOPLE OR ATHLETES\
ATTAIN THE LEVEL OF WHAT I\ CREDIT A CITY AMBASSADOR.\
JUNIOR WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.\ NOT ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY OF SAN\
DIEGO BUT AS YOU TRAVEL AROUND\ THE COUNTRY, JUNIOR SEAU WAS A\
NAME THAT NEARLY PEOPLE IN EVERY\ CITY IN AMERICA HAD A PASSION\
AND REVERENCE FOR HOW HE PLAYED\ HIS SPORT.\
I THINK WE HAVE LOST ONE OF OUR\ GREAT AMBASSADORS AND ICONS OF\
SAN DIEGO SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE\ IN 1978.\
>> Dwane: ALAN KIDD PRESIDENT OF\ THE SAN DIEGO HALL OF CHAMPIONS,\
THANK YOU SO MUCH.\ >> THANK YOU.\
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