At last Saturday's Utah vs UCLA football game in Salt Lake, a tribute was presented to our Armed Forces and all veterans. It was touching and important, but unfortunately, it was upstaged by someone's cell phone.
A line of veterans brought out a huge flag and they all waited on the sideline until it was time to unfurl the flag. Finally, the time came, and everyone ran toward the center of the field. The problem was, one runner got tripped up and ended up being carried atop the flag. Once the line reached its destination, the trip-ee was able to take his place with the others. I thought it would be cool record do a time lapsed video. Had I recorded it at normal speed, you could see it all take place.
The music began and the veterans began shaking the flag creating a cool "wind-driven" effect. That's when we--and pretty much everyone in the stadium--saw it, a small black item bouncing up and down as the flag moved.
The trip-ee lost his cell phone.
And it was bouncing on the flag.
Like I said, it sort of took something from the moment, but it was also a bit of brevity. And, if you can't laugh at things--even when they're not supposed to be funny--then that's a bit sad. I'm sure those who appreciated the tribute and understood its importance weren't too distracted. But, for a shining moment, a singular (not Cingular...) cell phone was the most patriotic cell phone in history and stole the show.
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