Flynn started his speech by thanking God for giving him the strength to make it through. He thanked his family for all their support and all the coaches who kept after him on the days when he felt like being lazy. He thanked Paul Harris, a fellow Falls High graduate and another ex-Syracuse University basketball star whom Flynn said helped him develop his court skills and treated him as if he were his real brother.
Lastly, Flynn thanked the city itself, and all those residents out there who supported him all these years.
“You see a lot of guys out there who don’t have much support,” Flynn told his raucous crowd of supporters. “I have a whole city behind me.”
And so he does.
Had it been election day, Flynn no doubt would have immediately been anointed mayor.
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