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>> we're not a country based on religion or ethnicity or even cultural heritage. we're a country based on ideas and a philosophy. and that's what the flag is. >> it makes us all feel united. it makes us feel like we're bigger than just ourselves. >> it's not until we're 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 would matter to me. >> i think it would matter to

How big does that flag look to you? >> if you look at the proportions of the gentleman's arm in the middle of the flag to the field alone, it's larger than the 3 x 5. i would say the smallest it would be would be a 5 x 8. >> yeah, that's not the same flag. it doesn't look like it. >> you know, it's -- at the time it was not a big event. it was, you know, let's get the flag and make sure it's out on the ships that are doing the strikes. >> that flag brought up emotion that is very difficult to describe. i had never seen so many grown men and women cry just by touching a piece of fabric, and of ...

Flag haves been bought. >> people are sending a message of solidarity in red, white and blue. >> a rally to show patriotism turned ugly. >> they don't deserve to be in our country. they shouldn't be here. >> that's why it's more than just a flag and always will be. >> it was a very, very challenging time for this industry. i've 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 flooded, fax, e-mail, phone, it came from every direction. there were people at our doorstep. ...

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 we're not the thinnest people on earth and it still wraps around us. so we knew right away it was the wrong flag. >> this is another flag that some...

>> 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 don't. i don't. i don't. >> it seems like it's an awful lot of material he's holding. this is a 3 x 5. if you compare the bulk of that material to this, it -- it's definitely a larger flag. you know, we're used to carrying around a 3 x 5. i can pull out any flag off ...