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>> he shared the information with, you and he said that was an -- we were proud and honored it was one of our flags, and i think it just completed what that picture was all about. >> i see the rebuilding starting with that photograph. that was the moment on which these three firefighters speaking for all new yorkers and all americans said enough is enough. we're going to fight back. i think it gave me all those emotions because they're so eerily similar to the flag raising at iwo jima. here they are three new york city firefighters. not marines, not soldiers. in a way they were like marines an...

Blowtorching all night. >> it does surprise me it's only five hours later. like you said, someone saw it up there. maybe it was wrapped up. maybe it wasn't functioning right and said let's get a better spot for this, and moved it to a different location, put it on a fire truck or something. >> you're 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 they raised it. >> so when the guy from the fire department sent the guy from the press down to ...

Brother? he was one of my drivers. he is the guy that told me that that was going to be a disaster with the statue. he is the one who told me. i didn't get it. so, listen, part of the story they're working on the flag raising, right, from those three guys that put the flag up and everything. the guy is saying to me that they -- he has heard -- he has no idea of the accuracy of it, that you asked for the flag. is that the -- that's correct? >> tell that story again. >> you came to me and the commissioner said we have to get that flag out here. we all said it's going to be a problem because we k...

>> the fire department -- at the same time, you know, 343 firefighters died, i don't think there was anything that i wouldn't have done in that moment to do something. when i saw the picture, i was incredibly disappointed because i thought it so obvious, this is the kind of repicture of iwo jima. >> this is the original sculpture of the flag raising in iwo jima created by phillip de walden while the battle was still going on, and he completed the original of that. >> 48 hours affect photograph reached the united states. this was only the first of many -- >> this is made. somebody said year abo...

>> mr. reader was low key so shared the information with us and said, you know, that was an eder flag and proud it was one of our flags, and i think it just completed what that picture was all about. >> i see the rebuilding starting with that photograph. that was the moment on which these three firefighters speaking for all new yorkers and americans said enough is enough. we're going to fight back. i think it gave me all those emotions because it's so eerily similar to the flag raising at iwo jima. here they are three new york city firefighters, no marines, not soldiers but in a way they were ...