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>> were not a country based on religion or ethnicity or even cultural heritage. were a country based on ideas and a philosophy. and thats what the flag is. >> it makes us all feel united. it makes us feel like were bigger than just ourselves. >> its not until were challenged that we reach back at what makes us americans, and what that is and what the symbol is, is the flag. >> if this flag were to be recovered, what should happen to it or does it matter? >> it would matter, it would matter. it w...

How big does that flag look to you? >> if you look at the proportions of the gentlemans arm in the middle of the flag to the field alone, its larger than the 3 x 5. i would say the smallest it would be would be a 5 x 8. >> yeah, thats not the same flag. it doesnt look like it. >> you know, its -- at the time it was not a big event. it was, you know, lets get the flag and make sure its out on the ships that are doing the strikes. >> that flag brought up emotion that is very difficult to describe....

Flag haves been bought. >> people are sending a message of solidarity in red, white and blue. >> a rally to show patriotism turned ugly. >> they dont deserve to be in our country. they shouldnt be here. >> thats why its more than just a flag and always will be. >> it was a very, very challenging time for this industry. ive never seen a demand lick that. desert storm the demand was great, but 9/11 was a whole another level, a whole another level. >> there was just a tremendous surge. we just were...

How to put the name of the boat and just simple stuff with our attorney to do it. >> about a year after 9/11, the yacht owners asked for the flag back for a little ceremony on their boat and of course they complied and thought this was a good idea and gave it to them. >> when we got the flag, we were quite stunned it was the wrong flag. this flag could wrap around us and we said this is not a 5-foot flag because this wraps around the two of us, and were not the thinnest people on earth and it st...

>> this was the second sunday after september 11, at yankee stadium. i remember the event very, very well. yeah, there is joe loda, senator schumer, sunny mundel. >> what happened there in this picture? do you remember that? >> 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 definitel...

♪ ♪ >> there was a prayer for america. i insisted admiral, because he was my partner from ten minutes in to the end, i insisted that he be in the program. >> admiral robert natter. >> these images of our history are now joined for eternity with the actions of three new york city firemen determined to erect a flagstaff and hoist our colors over the rubble that was the world trade center. >> michael brady, bob natter do you have a minute? >> i sure do. >> okay. i got you on speaker phone and w...

>> i was like i, i, i, you know, its going to be a problem. like, if i was the guy putting the flag up, i would have a problem if i saw a statute and it wasnt me, then it went horribly wrong. >> they were raising the flag simply because they knew it was the right thing to do and we will continue to honor them forever. >> i ignored that day together. i came home and my wife said oh my god, you better see this on every channel. it was like horror. >> hundreds of firefighters petitioned against cha...

To veterans to be buried with it. im glad they stopped it and saved the flag. thats much less objectionable than selling it. >> i just think somebody has it and theyre not coming forward. >> after that picture was taken, the flag could have been taken down that night. >> i believe it went missing from ground zero within the first ten days. my guess is someone looked at it and said this is a very small flag in a very big space. lets hang a bigger flag. i dont know what happened to it after that. ...

Or maybe it wasnt functioning right. and said lets get a better spot for this and put it on a fire truck or something. >> youre saying that flag was still at the site when he went to get it? [ indiscernible ] >> so when the fire department sent the guy from the press office down to get the flag, they assumed it was still on the pole. but it had been gone for more than a week. he had no idea where to look for the flag. the only people in the fire department who really knew where the flag raising ...

World financial center and looking at this devastation and the firemen and the relief workers, and there was this flag right below me, and i remember photographing it because it was there. to me, it was part of the scene out the window. but not particularly significant. i dont think i ever connected my flag picture with the flag in that other picture in the sense that i wasnt aware that this was to become an iconic picture. >> seeing this picture like over the years, i almost just assumed that i...