Photo gallery: National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
The National 9/11 Flag is raised about the Safeway parking lot at Ina and Oracle in Tucson on the six-month anniversary of the mass shootings there. The stop is part of a five-state tour sponsored by the New York Says Thank You Foundation.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Jimmy Sands of the New York Fire Department signals an operator to continue raising the National 9/11 Flag in the Safeway parking lot at Ina and Oracle, the site of a mass shooting in January.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
New York City firefighter Bill Ingram, far left, attaches a rope to the flag pole as retired firefighter Dan Rowan and firefighter Kevin Atkinson help hold the National 9/11 Flag in place before raising it in the Safeway parking lot on Friday.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Members of the honor guard begin to unfurl the National 9/11 Flag in the Safeway parking lot on Friday.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
New York City Firefighter Jimmy Sands and Northwest Fire District Assistant Fire Chief Al Pesqueira are among many who help fold the National 9/11 Flag as it it prepped for transportation while in the Safeway parking lot.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
New York City firefighter Jimmy Sands gives instructions to the honor guard as they unfurl the National 9/11 Flag in the Safeway parking lot on Friday.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Spectators help the honor guard for the National 9/11 Flag begin to fold it for transportation in the Safeway parking lot on Friday.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Spectators watch as the National 9/11 Flag is lowered in the Safeway parking lot on Friday.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Ron Barber, right, who works in the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and UA trauma surgeon Dr Peter Rhee, wait for their time to speak during official stitching ceremony of the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall on Friday, July 8, 2011. Barber was shot during the January 8 shooting left that six people dead and 13 wounded.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
A woman adds a stitch to the National 9/11 Flag on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Spectators as well as local fire department and law enforcement agencies were on hand for an official stitching ceremony of the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Wearing his Marana Police Department uniform, Dan Rowan puts a stitch into the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall on Friday, July 8, 2011. Rowan was a New York City firefighter during the attack on September 11, 2001, in New York City. The Arizona Patch (cq ARIZONA PATCH) was made from retired fire station flags from the Northwest Fire District.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Veronica Christensen, left, with the New York Says Thank You Foundation, helps the Ellis family put a stitch in the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall on Friday, July 8, 2011. Katrina Ellis and her husband Scott, a vice commander with the Golder Ranch Fire District honor guard, watch as their children, Kira, 6, and Gavin, 4, prepare to put a stitch in the flag.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
The honor guard takes the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Local fire department and law enforcement agencies were on hand for an official stitching ceremony of the National 9/11 Flag.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Honor guard members watch as the National 9/11 Flag is raised at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Local fire department and law enforcement agencies were on hand for an official stitching ceremony of the National 9/11 Flag. The Arizona Patch was made from retired fire station flags from the Northwest Fire District.
National 9/11 Flag in Tucson
Honor guard members carry a heavy piece of metal from one of the buildings destroyed in the attack on September 11, 2001, in New York City as other honor guard members await arrival of the National 9/11 Flag on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Local fire department and law enforcement agencies were on hand for an official stitching ceremony of the National 9/11 Flag at the University of Arizona Centennial Hall.
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