Confusion surrounded the relay of the troubled Olympic torch through San Francisco on Wednesday, as organizers completely changed the route at the last minute, bewildering thousands of China supporters and protesters converged along the planned route.
The first runner held the torch aloft and began the route, flanked by tall, blue-clad Chinese security officials.
But the group then promptly disappeared into a large waterfront warehouse for a last-minute change of route by authorities to head off trouble.
What Chinese Olympic organizers have called a “Journey of Harmony,” quickly became the mystery of the missing flame on the only relay leg of the torch in the United States on its journey to the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
