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CADILLAC — Nearly 2,000 flags were placed on the graves of veterans earlier this week in preparation for Monday’s Memorial Day holiday.

The area around 34th and Georgia is growing and changing, and some things that seemed permanent aren't anymore.

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Michael Esmond, 74, donated $7,600 to pay 114 residents past due utility bills Most of the people he helped were in danger of having their utilities shut off  In 2019, he had donated $4,600 to help 36 households in the same situation  Esmond said the gesture had more meaning this year, due to the impact of coronavirus and the damage done by Septembers Hurricane Sally  He said he chose to donate his money to paying off utility bills because he had once had his heat cut off in the 1980s  At t...

A lot of firemen over there. the flag. its gone. so its gone the first day. its gone within the first six hours. >> they always assumed that this happened after the picture was published. the picture was first published on the 12th in new jersey. and on the 13th in "the new york post." >> correct. >> so then the question is who took it and why. >> i cant see anybody climbing up there and grabbing it without somebody hey, what are you doing? even though people are busy doing other things. but it ...

Blowtorching all night. >> it does surprise me its only five hours later. like you said, someone saw it up there. maybe it was wrapped up. maybe it wasnt functioning right and said lets get a better spot for this, and moved it to a different location, put it on a fire truck or something. >> youre saying the flag was still at the site when he went to get it. >> when the mayor -- when the navy wanted the flag, we were under the impression that the flag was still on the flag pole on the site where ...

Whatever happened with the flag. i think its been all over the country. pinpointing where it went, i couldnt tell you. >> i didnt connect the boat with this until like weeks later. when i was talking to that "new york times" guy, he saw them take the flag, and he took a picture of it. and i have never been able to figure out who he is. >> there is some -- a lot of hope that the flag will be found. i just cannot believe that anybody -- >> were going to see this guy soon. >> okay. and who is he? >...

>> this is the image there. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> you see the rescue boats there. >> and i went on to photograph them loading the wounded firefighter on to one of the boats. and he survived, thankfully. and he contacted me later, asking if i could share some of my photographs so that he could try to piece together what happened to him that day. because he didnt remember. >> on my walk, i kept asking people for film. so i went around, and then i was at the sailing club where all the boats are d...