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Thief Steals an American Flag, Then Finds Out How Important It Was
Top Right News ^ | Gina Cassini

Posted on 07/06/2014 1:23:36 PM PDT by montag813

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by Gina Cassini | Top Right News

A thief who stole a very special flag, gave in to pangs of conscience, when he returned it to its rightful owner -- with an apology.

That's because he stole it from the family of a firefighter killed on 9/11 

As the NYPost reported, The flag he stole flew over the World Trade Center during recovery efforts. The September 11th Families Association gave it to Melissa Brengel in honor of her 29-year-old brother, Jonathan Ielpi, an FDNY member who died when terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center.

Brengel reported the flag missing from her home in Huntington Station, L.I., on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at toprightnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 4thofjuly; 911; america; flag

1 posted on 07/06/2014 1:23:36 PM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

http://youtu.be/_6nwidAdH4A


2 posted on 07/06/2014 1:25:16 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Your FRiendly Web-Slinger)
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To: montag813

Great gesture by Rudy G.


3 posted on 07/06/2014 1:29:09 PM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: montag813

Honor among thieves.


4 posted on 07/06/2014 1:34:13 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Beautiful!


5 posted on 07/06/2014 1:35:17 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Does that link have anything to do with this particular flag?


6 posted on 07/06/2014 1:36:28 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (I am a proud citizen of an idea called America.)
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(I am a proud citizen of an idea called America.)
7 posted on 07/06/2014 1:40:28 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Your FRiendly Web-Slinger)
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To: FlJoePa
Great gesture by Rudy G.

Love the guy! Wouldn't want him to run As the GOP standard bearer for POTUS. Way too NYC conservative (read that as liberal in the rest of the country) for me. I'd take him here in NY over the Marxist mayor or the evil eye governor any day. Heck he'd make a superior senator over the crap NY sends to DC too.

8 posted on 07/06/2014 1:56:46 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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NEVER FORGET

Click here for the fantastic, moving website memorial created by a survivor of 9/11, Steve Golding of New York City. It is the most viewed of all 9/11 memorials. It is now in the Smithsonian Museum. Music by Enya.



9 posted on 07/07/2014 7:18:03 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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