Officer Diane MacLean, a 13 year veteran of the Wilton Police Department, recently participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run and Opening Ceremony at the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games, held in New Jersey June 14-21. She was honored to be selected as the Connecticut Special Olympics Law Enforcement Representative.
MacLean assisted with the final leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run with more than 100 other law enforcement representatives as well as Special Olympic athletes from around the country. She helped carry the “Flame of Hope” throughout Philadelphia, New York City and New Jersey, leading up to the opening ceremony at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
MacLean had the privilege of starting her journey to New Jersey with a car ride with Angie D’Amico, (seen in the article’s main image, above) a Special Olympian athlete from Connecticut.
“Angie was my co-pilot in travel and is now my inspiration in life,” Maclean said, adding that the opportunity allowed her to partake in something bigger than she could have ever imagined.
The Special Olympics USA Games featured 3,500 athletes from around the country participating in 16 different sports, with 1,000 coaches and delegates, 10,000 volunteers and 70,000 family, friends and spectators.