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9/11 Firefighter Speaks With ABC News 10 Years Later

A New York firefighter who helped two others raise a U.S. flag at ground zero in what would become one of 9/11's most iconic images said in a rare interview they never intended to draw attention. "We stood there and looked at it for a second and went about our ways," William "Billy" Eisengrein told ABCNews.com. Eisengrein and the two other firefighters had no idea they were being photographed, but the picture of them hoisting the flag above the rubble quickly became well-known around the...Full Story
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