9-11 flag inspires people at Ramstein

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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) --  Reserve Capt. Eric Szillus hangs an American flag flown at Ground Zero in a fitness center turned medical staging area here. Szillus is a clinical nurse with the 514th Aeromedical Staging Squadron from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and a full-time New York firefighter who was at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. The flag was given to Szillus by New York City firefighters for motivation during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melissa Maraj)