News media feature great photographs and videos of the TO2015 PanAm Torch relay as we count down to the PanAm / ParaPan games in Toronto.

My wife and I took a few photographs of other activity surrounding the torch relay, to show the unsung heroes who keep the torch bearer safe on Toronto’s streets. It certainly helped me appreciate the logistics and support required to run the relay.

Carrying the 2015 PanAm Torch

Above, we see the man carrying the PanAm torch along Lake Shore Blvd East at Northern Dancer on Sunday evening, heading for Afrofest at Woodbine Park. That’s pretty much an image you’d see in news media: one torch bearer, on the move.

Immediately Surrounding the PanAm Torch

Here is more of the same photograph, showing a few of the police honour guard, running or biking on his left. I’d carefully cropped the police from the first image.

Below is another photo at the same time, showing a policewoman on his right and another officer behind him.

A few moments later, I photographed more of the group heading west towards Coxwell Avenue. “Ain’t nobody gonna mess with our torch bearer” would seem to be their motto.

By the way, each torch bearer carries the flame about 200 metres. The police escort did not “tap out” for a breather while I was watching; I suspect they ran from location to location all day.

A Longer View from a Few Minutes Earlier

I’d taken some photographs at Queen and Woodbine, a few blocks before the torch relay arrived at my wife’s location. This would afford a longer view of the torch relay approach along Queen Street.

Here’s the police blockade at the intersection. The foreground motorcycle blocked eastbound traffic; the other was well ahead of the motorcade and torch runner. Other motorcycles were blocking northbound and southbound traffic, just outside of the image.

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The next torch bearer, in white, is standing next to another official in the yellow jacket with the red traffic-warden ‘X’. They await the police car as it leads a PanAm truck. The current torch bearer is somewhere behind those leaders.

The flame was handed off, from torch to torch, behind the orange truck, and surrounded by the police running escort. Note the lengthy motorcade behind that group.

Then the PanAm torch relay resumed, turning south from Queen onto Woodbine.

At the Tail End of the PanAm Torch Relay

The final image shows some of the vehicles trailing the PanAm torch on Lake Shore Blvd East in Toronto, still in support of the relay. The TTC bus was one of the first vehicles not associated with the relay; it had been stopped, southbound, at Queen and Woodbine.

Now I wish that I had photographed the dozen motorcycles, plus the trucks and other support vehicles, parked on Coxwell Ave. while the torch was in Woodbine Park for Afrofest. At the time, my camera was safely tucked away and I was heading home.

Come to think of it, I’m sure that the police escort and support vehicle drivers were not doing this to get publicity for themselves. But I do think of them as unsung heroes, helping ensure that the 2015 PanAm torch relay ran smoothly.

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