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Westport, Fairfield County I-95 Overpasses Patriotic for 9/11
Old American flags were replaced with new flags Thursday on Interstate 95 overpasses in Fairfield, Southport, Westport, Darien and Greenwich and Merritt Parkway overpasses in Norwalk.
Hanging American flags atop highway overpasses is something Chris McCormick does every year prior to the Sept. 11 anniversary in memory of the victim's who lost their lives.
McCormick, a resident of Mount Vernon, New York, and a friend were hanging flags on the Sherwood Island Connector in Westport Thursday afternoon, in addition to quite a few other locations.
"We wanted them to be up for ," McCormick said of the was scheduled to take part in Thursday evening.
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"We have been doing it every 9/11 anniversary since 2002. We also hung them when Osama bin Laden died as a special occasion," McCormick said.
The flags will not make it through a harsh New England winter, though, according to McCormick. Rest assured he will be back next year to refresh the symbol of patriotism.
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