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(flag whooshes)
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<v ->Every morning, I look at the flag,</v>

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it's just a beautiful site for me.

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To me, the flag symbolizes freedom.

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It's just a way to connect with the past

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and commemorate it somehow.

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On 9/11, I was working on a boat in the Hudson River.

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It messed me up for a while, a good long time.

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Ever since that point, it's been a dark part of my life.

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And the flag program helped me come out of that.

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(bright music)

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The flag replacement program got started

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by a good friend of mine, a Navy vet,

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who saw the flag at the office that needed to be replaced

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and said, "Wouldn't this be great

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if this could be something that we did for anyone?"

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(bright music continues)

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Comcast has always been a community-driven company.

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This is one of those great examples

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of the way we're getting out there.

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(bright music continues)

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Bringing somebody else

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into something that I get so much joy out of,

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that's the best feeling.

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<v ->When I got to the US,</v>

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I wanted to do something to give back to this country

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that gave my family so many opportunities

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and so I ended up joining the Army.

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Once I left service,

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there was still a need to connect to other people

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who feel a common sense of purpose in service,

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and I ended up finding that at Comcast.

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(bright music)

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<v Jeff>These flags hold a lot of meaning to people.</v>

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By doing the 13 folds tradition,

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we're showing respect and dignity

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to someone's connection to the flag.

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<v ->That was my first experience with the program,</v>

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which is really exciting for me.

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We like to be hands on.

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We like to be involved and we like to make a difference,

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not just within the company.

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Really connect with people around us,

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because we're part of that community.

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(bright music continues)

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<v Jeff>There's always gonna be flags to be replaced,</v>

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so as long as there's flags out there,

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I'm gonna be there to find them.

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(bright music continues)