The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics got underway on Friday, and the reporters there in Savannah Guthrie‘s place had a sweet message for her.
As you know, Savannah had to drop out of her usual Olympics coverage due to her mom Nancy Guthrie horrifically going missing. Terry Gannon and Mary Carillo paid tribute to her while she goes through this.
Terry held back tears as he said on Friday:
“That is exactly what it takes to bring you the Olympics, a team and we are certainly without a very important, beloved member of our team tonight: Our friend and colleague Savannah Guthrie. She is dearly missed by everybody here.”
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Marry agreed, adding:
“She sure is, she’s covered so many Olympics, hasn’t she? And she loves them. Right now, of course Savannah and her family are in unspeakable, unfathomable pain. We know in the U.S. that her extended family is legion. Savannah, my friend, it’s the same way here.”
At the end of their statement, Terry said:
“We send our love and our prayers and all of our positive energy to Savannah tonight. She did your right [and] always love the Olympics and the opening ceremony. And especially watching the athletes of Team USA make that walk.”
So sweet… We continue to send our love to Savannah. May Nancy be found safe.
[Image via Today/NBC Sports/YouTube]
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