Flags honoring first responders vandalized on Cape Cod overpass
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Updated: 6:00 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
Flags honoring first responders vandalized on Cape Cod overpass
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Updated: 6:00 PM EST Jan 15, 2021
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VANDALIZED OVERNIGHT. >> TO WAKE UP THIS MORNING AND SEE THIS IS DISAPPOINTING. SERA: MORE THAN A DOZEN FLAGS HONORING FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TATTERED AND DAMAGED ON THE 149 OVERPASS. POLICE BELIEVE THE FLAGS WERE SPRAYED WITH AN UNKNOWN LIQUID THAT MELTED THE MATERIAL. >> IT’S JUST WRONG, AND IT’S A CRIME, AND IT GETS PEOPLE UPSET. WE DON’T NEED THAT. WE NEED TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER. SERA: STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE ZORRO’S MAINTAINS THE FLAGS, WHICH ALL REPRESENT A DIFFERENT RESPONDER, BLUE FOR POLICE, RED FOR FIREFIGHTERS. >> THE WHITE IS FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES, GOLD FOR DISPATCHERS. SERA: HE PAYS FOR THE FLAGS THROUGH FOUNDATION HONORING HIS SON, A MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. >> OUR COUNTRY IS GRATEFUL, AND WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS VANDALISM. >> THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL. SERA TIM OWNS THE FLAGMAN’S SPORTS STORE, WHICH PROVIDES THE FLAGS. HE SAYS SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE STEPPED UP TO PAY FOR NEW ONES. >> WHOEVER DID THIS, YOU SHOULD KNOW WE AREN’T JUST GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN. THE FLAGS ARE GOING BACK UP. YOU AREN’T GOING TO WIN. SERA: A $2500 REWARD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE FLAGS HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED.