{"id":29547,"date":"2020-07-26T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29547"},"modified":"2020-07-26T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T15:22:57","slug":"botched-1996-olympic-pan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/botched-1996-olympic-pan\/","title":{"rendered":"Botched 1996 Olympic Pan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On September 10, 1996, I was driving east from Denver to Council Bluffs. 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