Angel Alvarez of Hammond wears a shirt signed by co-workers at Tod Park wear he trains on the walking path in East Chicago, Ind. Wednesday June 20, 2012. Alvarez was selected to carry the torch for the Olympic Games in London and will run his quarter mile segment June 23. Alvarez donated his kidney to his ArcelorMittal co-worker Daniel Kniefel in August 2010. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Angel Alvarez of Hammond (right) wears a shirt signed by co-workers at Tod Park in East Chicago, Ind. Wednesday June 20, 2012. Alvarez donated his kidney to his ArcelorMittal co-worker Daniel Kniefel of Hobart (left) in August 2010 and was nominated by his Local 1011 griever to be an Olympic torch bearer. Alvarez was selected and flies to London Thursday and will carry the torch June 23. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Angel Alvarez of Hammond (far right) talks with co-workers Wednesday June 20, 2012 in East Chicago about his upcoming trip to London where he will be an Olympic torch bearer. From left are Local 1011 president Lonnie Asher, Local 1011 griever Jaime Quiroz, co-worker and kidney recipient Daniel Kniefel and Alvarez. Alvarez was selected to carry the Olympic torch, after being nominated by Quiroz, for his selfless kidney donation to Kniefel in August 2010. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A helpful suggestion of "Don't Drop the Torch" is written on a shirt signed by Angel Alvarez's co-workers at ArcelorMittal in East Chicago, Ind. Wednesday June 20, 2012. Alvarez was selected to carry the Olympic torch for the London games after being selected for donating his kidney to his co-worker Daniel Kniefel in August 2010. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Angel Alvarez of Hammond trains on the path at Tod Park in East Chicago, Ind. Wednesday June 20, 2012. Alvarez was selected to carry the Olympic torch ahead of the London games and will run his quarter mile segment June 23. Alvarez donated his kidney to his ArcelorMittal co-worker Daniel Kniefel in August 2010. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media