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[[Narrator] It's an enormous logistical exercise to put the Games on.]
[[John Furlong] You realize when you get involved in the Olympic movement,]
[it takes a lot of moving parts and a lot of friends.]
[[Gordon Campbell] General Electric has been a great partner for the Olympics]
[It certainly has been a great partner in our Olympic bid, and you realize ]
[that as big as they are, this is an enormously human company,]
[whose success is very much rooted in the fact that they care]
[and that caring has made a big difference for us.]
[[Peter Foss] GE looks for an area in every city that is close to the Olympics]
[to leave a nice legacy gift for them,]
[and the skating rink came up as a thought about 5 years ago.]
[[Elysa Allan] This is a very exciting legacy for GE to be creating the GE plaza,]
[a wonderful ice skating rink here at Robson square in the heart of Vancouver.]
[It's going to be a great facility for the people of Vancouver all throughout the holidays,]
[but especially during the Olympics.]
[We've also provided to the community of Whistler a new 64-slice CAT scan.]
[They've never had that technology up in that part of the province.]
[[Dr. Annie Goreau] The Whistler Health Care Center is a diagnostic treatment facility]
[We're not a hospital, but we are seeing a tremendous amount of trauma,]
[so what the CT scan is going to enable us to do is image those injuries]
[that don't critically need to be transferred to the city,]
[as we can achieve a final diagnosis here in the center.]
[[Narrator] So what we're leaving in Whistler is really a great benefit for the community,]
[and something we feel really good about, something that we're happy to be able to do.]
[[Dr. Annie Goreau] It came as a surprise. It came as a gift.]
[and basically it saved the day because at that time we were not sure ]
[if we were going to be able to get the machine because of the cost involved,]
[[Narrator] When I think about legacy, I think there are traditional things,]
[the impact of the Games, the physical changes in the city.]
[Then there's the human legacy.]
[There's the effect on people. It has the ability to communicate with you]
[That is the legacy that I hope that lingers and lasts the longest.]
[[Narrator] I think the greatest legacy that you really have to leave is]
[there really isn't very much that we can't accomplish when we reach for what's best,]
