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Watch Special Olympics CT Law Enforcement Torch Run

For the eighth year, Scott Thayer of Middletown met the entourage on Broad Street and proudly carried the torch from in front of the Russell Library to the Middlesex Mutual courtyard

Middletown's noontime hour was punctuated by the piercing wail of police sirens as the Special Olympics Connecticut Law Enforcement Torch Run passed through town.

Middletown's noontime hour was punctuated by the piercing wail of police sirens as the Special Olympics Connecticut Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way from Middlefield down busy Washington Street and Broad Street Thursday.

Scott Thayer of Middletown met the entourage on Broad Street and proudly carried the torch from in front of the Russell Library to the Middlesex Mutual courtyard to resounding applause from runners and onlookers alike. This is the eighth year he's been the official torch relayer. Watch him walk with the flame in this video.

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