Mark Bellissimo is pictured at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Tryon, North Carolina, U.S. April 21, 2018. Picture taken April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Keating
TRYON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Mark Bellissimo, the man who brought the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) to this bucolic corner of recession ravaged North Carolina is widely viewed as a saviour for bringing jobs and hope to the depressed region.
Not so says Bellissimo, deferring to an elderly employee who works in one of the sprawling facility's kitchens who has apparently taken credit.
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