Saturday, March 3, 2012

FEAR FAILS TO TRIUMPH AT GAMES.(MAIN)

Byline: JEFF TAYLOR Knight Ridder

ATLANTA -- The Olympics, shaken by a terrorist pipe-bomb attack, began taking on a resurgent look Sunday.

Investigators worked on promising developments that convinced them they were on the right track, and organizers said the park where the bomb exploded would reopen Tuesday morning with beefed-up security.

A.D. Frazier, chief operating officer for the Atlanta Olympic organizing committee, said Centennial Olympic Park needed to reopen ``as a statement that an act of terrorism cannot and will not break the spirit of freedom and participation'' embodied in the Olympic spirit.

Visitors who return there will find security doubled and face random bag searches, Frazier said. But organizers still want the park to retain its original atmosphere, as …

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