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Into this country, its very emotional. >> the height, the danger, all just a way of life. >> youre up there climbing the cables, how did you get to do that? >> we have water and food and coffee. >> do you ever get afraid? >> no. >> arent you afraid of heights? >> no. im enjoying my job. >> the heart of this team reflects the unity of the flag itself. >> we put our trust in each other when were out there. i depend on them and they depend on me. its a great family atmosphere to have. >> on those d...

Means for a flag to appear majestic, it has to be massive. i want to get an idea of how big the flag is. and youre about 62", right? so youre about two stars. >> im about two stars. a star is about three foot. youre a star and a half. i dont mean anything bad by that. >> ill take half a star. why not. >> almost three foot across point to point. the flag is 60x90 to give you perspective. it will cover a full sized basketball court. 60x90. weighs just under 500 pounds. >> wow. >> its something we ...

Most of america has a day off and collect it late in the day year after year, i had to ask this question. do the guys like putting down the flag? is it a hassle? >> its not a hassle. its a great thing. its tremendous. every time you get a chill when you see it fly. something that enormous, we take a lot of pride in it. >> as you have seen flying this flag is no small feat and those who do it feel especially honored. >> up next, well talk to some of those responsible for putting this very special...

Largest free flying american flag. >> how was it? >> awesome. >> now that weve seen the flag from all angles, its time to get to work and actually unfurl old glory. >> when i hit the buttons for operating it, ill be lowering the actual whole boom arm and flag. >> got it. after the work of three str strategically placed teams, its all done. having doing this task on early morning hours on holidays when

Truckers beep their horn. it gives you a sense of accomplishment like youre doing something good. especially in tough times with afghanistan and isis and everything going on overseas. were proud of america and proud to fly the flag and people appreciate it. >> only once in the 67-year history of the hanging of the flag did it fly for more than just one day. >> we flew it for 30 days after 9/11 to let everyone know and all of the volunteers and workers going down to ground zero. we took one of ou...

Honor the stars and stripes. >> each patriotic holiday a special flag is flown over the george washington bridge. its the largest free flying american flag in the world. how do they fly it? some very special access next. >> im glad i didnt wear high heels to this. glad i didnt we high heels for this. i didnt need that kind of i didnt need that kind of equipment. heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and dont taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i hav...

It. it comes out of this tube. >> the tube helps shield the flag from the elements and from thousands of drivers who pass under it and likely dont even know its there. oh. >> that goes straight down to the roadway. were conscious to make sure nothing can fall in there. >> you have to see this. although most of the flag flying operations are high tech, i found out repairs can rely on some good old fashioned handiwork. >> patches or anything like that have to be sewn on if the flag gets ripped in ...

Free-falling flfree-fall i -- free flying flag is hard to miss when it happens. >> the fleet passes hawaiian shores. >> the tradition dates back nearly 70 years to veterans day, 1947. a sign of victory and honor for those who served in world war ii. the flag hanging today is the largest free flying american flag in the world and remains a sign of american pride on major national holidays. >> we do it every holiday. memorial day, labor day, veterans day. we should do it more than they let us. tha...

And there was a concern that there might be other targets and us being one of them. we wanted to get it out there. we wanted to let everybody know that we may have gotten a kick, but were not down. >> from world war ii to 9/11, to today on national holidays, a special flag is lowered to be raised. a simple act that provokes deep reflection on what our country was, is and will be. >> you swell with pride when that flag comes out. its just incredible. and its a great honor to be able to do that fo...

That flag comes out. its just incredible. pride whe that flag comes out. it is just incredible. we always were told we were german. we were in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen. so i just started poking around on ancestry. then, i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. it turns out im scottish. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt.