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YEAH. OH FOR SURE A CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS HERE AT LAKESHORE FOUNDATION. AS YOU JUST MENTIONED. AND IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE PARIS HERE TONIGHT. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. YESTERDAY THEY WERE PRACTICING ABOUT TO GO TO PARIS AND NOW THIS PLACE IS READY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT THIS EVENING. YEAH, IT’S A REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE FACILITY THAT MANY OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT. AN OFFICIAL TRAINING SITE FOR OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETES. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE INSIDE HERE. LAKESHORE FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE MOST. IF NOT THE MOST UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EVEN THE WORLD. A TOUR OF THE FACILITY FROM THE MAN IN CHARGE, CEO JOHN KEMP. WE’RE GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS FROM THE GYMNASIUM WITH A BASKETBALL COURTS AND A PERIMETER TRACK TO POOLS FOR COMPETITION AND REHABILITATION. RIDE YOUR CHAIR DOWN THERE AND YOU CAN GET IN A ROCK WALL AND WALK THROUGH THE FITNESS CENTER. BUT HE’S DOING IT. HE’S HERE AND HE’S DOING IT AND ALL THAT. JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE TO A FACILITY THAT’S BROUGHT GLOBAL ATTENTION TO LAKESHORE FOUNDATION’S ACHIEVEMENTS. THE NOVICE ATHLETE, TO THE EMERGING AND THEN ELITE ATHLETES, ESPECIALLY AS AN OFFICIAL U.S. OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC TRAINING SITE. IMMENSE RESPECT FOR TEAM USA WHEELCHAIR RUGBY AND BOCCIA USA. A REAL PRIVILEGE FOR THE TIME WITH JOHN KEMP, A RENOWNED LEADER HIMSELF IN THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT. THE UNDERESTIMATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. FOR ONE, HE AIDED IT IN THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. SO TODAY, JULY 26TH, NOT ONLY A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS AT LAKE LAKESHORE, BUT IT’S ALSO THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. I WAS ON THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH ONE SIGNED IT INTO LAW. IT IS OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAW THAT PROTECTS ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIFE, AND IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR PARTICIPATION. THIS IS A PROFOUND DAY, AND IT’S REVERED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AT THIS POINT. IT’S REALLY CHANGED THE WORLD. SO JUST A REAL HONOR TO TALK TO JOHN. JUST HOW FAR THAT’S COME SINCE 1990. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THIS TEAM IS PREPPING TO GO TO PARIS. THAT LEAVE AUGUST 20TH. COMING UP LATER, THOUGH, WE’RE GOING TO FEATURE ONE ATHLETE ON TEAM USA. THAT’S MAKING HISTORY. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE MORE ACTION HERE. THE CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS AT LAKESHORE FOUNDATION.