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Flags. there is a small one that they put up first and general howl and 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 rose thol 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 of battle it fired the imagination for it expressed the unty, drive and determination of the people, a symbol of american courage. >> before 9/...

Against afghanistan. >> one, two, three, one more real quick. >> everyone who touches the flag has an experience, perhaps they mourn for the souls lost or the innocence we'll never have again. >> i wish i was in the front and had a rifle right now and could take care of business. >> i'm told that's why the flag flies on the t.r. it was new york city's way of saying take care of business. [ applause ] >> in the waters near pakistan, barbara sierra, news channel 3.

Tag or the label, you just know that it's that size by the weight of it. it will vary a little bit, but not very much. >> and welcome back to the uss roosevelt. back on september 11 on the afternoon of the attacks against america, three firefighters in new york city raised a flag on a pole in the debris of what was the world trade center. it was an emotional photograph that was captured and became famous and compared to the photograph of the raising of the flag on iwo jima. today, those firefighters are back, joined by the speaker of the house and the new york congressional delegation. they ar...

This is the flag and leave it alone like that. >> to this day, no one knows what happened to that flag. >> this flag is one of the fire departments. >> smithsonian or something. >> it deserves to be up in the sky. >> i thought it would be in the museum and relics they collected in the museum. >> this is the icon of the sanctuary, this flag, and it is not any excuse for anybody not to try to find the flag. >> by then, rudy giuliani passed the torch to mayor bloomberg. >> and when new york times, they went and they asked him, mr. mayor, what happens to the flag? answer was -- >> no, i don't know...

Side i remember. it's eerie thinking we were just shooting this video and nobody else came out alive after this. >> so what do you see now? >> there's the flagpole. there's no flag there. >> the moment we found that -- >> where is the flag? ♪