Pres. Hinckley arrives in Seoul after a delay

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: Greg Hill Church News staff writer | Copyright information

SEOUL, South Korea -- Overcoming a travel mishap that delayed him by a day, President Gordon B. Hinckley finally arrived in Seoul in time to speak at a regional conference Sunday morning.

"I am sorry that we are late getting here," President Hinckley told a congregation of nearly 10,000 in Olympic Gymnasium #1. "We were in Anchorage, Alaska, and had an accident which delayed us a day. It is a miracle, really, that we are here today."

He didn't elaborate further about the circumst...

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