The area in front of Memorial Stadium has been officially renamed Rai Benjamin Plaza for the hometown hero that has made a city feel good as gold.
Marcus Solis reports that the area in front of Memorial Stadium has been officially renamed Rai Benjamin Plaza for the hometown hero that has made a city feel as good as gold.On Tuesday an Olympian went from running laps at the Paris Olympics to taking a victory lap in his hometown of Mount Vernon .
The 27-year-old won his medals in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay and his glittering prizes were on full display as he rode on a motorcade that made its way through the city - passing by all 16 schools in the district. "I stuck with it and I believed in myself and I relied on everyone else around me, and I cannot express enough how much without everyone else, I wouldn't be here," Benjamin said.
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