By Chris Jamele
Buffalo, NY – One of Buffalo's own is an Olympic hero.
Thirty-one year old Steve Mesler won a gold medal yesterday as part of the four man USA-1 bobsled team. Family and friends gathered at a local tavern to watch the action and to celebrate.
Mesler is the first Western New Yorker to win gold since basketball player Christain Laettner in the summer of 1992.