AP's Fergus Bell, a Londoner, shares his impressions of the closing ceremony from his seat in Olympic Stadium:

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It is so great that the Gamesmakers — or volunteers — are being honored. They haven't just been the face of London; they've been the face of Britain. They've been friendly and welcoming to all, and I've heard so much praise for them over the last two weeks.

We've always known how to "do our duty." But if you had asked me seven years ago, I would never have imagined this could be one of the ways.

— Fergus Bell — Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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