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>> this is the image here. >> yeah, yeah, that tower flag. >> you see the rescue boats there. >> and i went down to photograph them loading the wounded firefighter onto 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 bo...

Id rather not know where it is. if you have the actual flag, i dont know, its the cynic in me. people will want it. they put a price on it. then it becomes something else. >> the flag is sort of like the magical object in a way. its like the torah scroll for the jews. its a book. its just physical. it doesnt have any meaning to it. but everybody embus it, it has a holiness. a torah scroll, when you pass it, you have to kiss it. when you see it, its like a flag. its an inanimate object that becau...

My recollection is that he was on the jersey side. >> on the jersey side. >> and used a tell la photo lens to capture that image. >> a photographer from the paper. >> yes, yes. >> thats possible. >> there is a story about that image. it was taken by tom franklin who was a photographer for the record who happened to be there, i guess he was actually down to i think 30 frames left in his camera but there at that moment when they hoisted the flag and he shot it. >> toms photo comes in and rich says...

For now, our mission is complete but the fight against terrorism continues. this flag, which has flown over seven ships is ready to be returned to the city of new york. its mission is complete, too. ♪ >> they brought it back. we had a big ceremony. we reraised that flag on the flagpole. there are people that still swear that is not the flag. >> somewhere between 9/11 and the yankees stadium ceremony, the flag went missing. >> how can a flag just disappear off the face of the earth? weve heard ...

Even now i cant bleat any pictures i shoot with my phone, which is terrible. sorry, i dont remember people grabbing a flag or something like that. >> thats where the boats are on this side. where did they raise the flag? i dont know. >> here in front of this building -- >> yeah. thats where i spent the night, in this building. >> thats the flagpole. >> thats the other flagpole from the boat. >> i didnt ever realize that was a flagpole. >> its interesting these nurses were there. >> people came t...

>> what happened to the flag? >> i dont know what happened to the flag. i think its been all over the country. pinpointing where it went, couldnt tell you. >> they 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 ive never been able to figure out who he is. theres some hope that the flag will be found. i just cant believe anybody -- >> were going to see this guy soon. >> who is he? ...

>> well, there is two original flags from iwo jima. there is a small one that they put up first and general howlin smith looked up and said not big enough. and in true marine corps fashion he ordered another outfit to raise a flag that would be more visible and the second flag raising joe rosenthal took it. it was not planned, staged, guys doing their job and happy to be doing it. it was a lucky shot, but what a great shot and what a great piece of art. >> a single photograph told a story, born ...

Stadium. i remember the event very, very well. yeah, there is joe loda, senator schumer, sunny mundel. >> there is only one picture with it, also. >> i mean, do you remember who i gave the flag to after that? i dont. i dont. i dont. >> it seems like its an awful lot of material hes holding. this is a 3 x 5. if you compare the bulk of that material to this, it -- its definitely a larger flag. you know, were used to carrying around a 3 x 5. i can pull out any flag off the shelf and know is this a ...

The flag. i think its been all over the country. pin pointing where it went, couldnt tell you. >> they 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 ive never been able to figure out who he is. theres some hope that the flag will be found. i just cant believe anybody -- >> were going to see this guy soon. >> who is he? >> weve just tracked him down. >> hes got a flag in his hand....

>> american pride runs deep through this ship and the flag has become the glue that binds it. >> see it on tv but it doesnt really mean -- it just makes what you do so much more -- wow, meaningful. >> it makes everything come together. makes it all worth it. >> christopher finds comfort in the flag. >> its an important symbolism because what else, what else are you going to hold as the symbol? you cant say that oh, its pain or its retribution or this or that. its the american flag. thats what we...