In today's edition of the
"Good Stuff," a marked down flag at a flea market has more value than
one could ever suspect. CNN's Chris
Cuomo reports.
Nearly ten years ago, U.S.
Marine Fred Maciel was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq.
His surviving brothers-in-arms
signed an American flag in tribute to him.
But then, the flag disappeared.
No one knew if it found its way
home, and his family didn't even know it existed.
But last month, while a couple was
shopping at a Texas flea market, they spotted the flag.
It was something that looked too
special to be there, though the flag had been marked down because it had
writing on it.
Walter Brown, whose son is a
Marine, immediately recognized the flag's significance, and used the messages
on it, and social media, to determine its owner.
"We realized it was a flag
intended for a fallen Marine," Lanie Brown, Walter's wife,
said. "We knew we had to take it home with us."
Then, in a special ceremony, the
flag finally found its way home to Maciel's mother, Patsy.
There are about two dozen messages
written on the flag.
One said, "We'll always remember the sacrifice you
made," and another read, "Thank you for being who you were...Rest in
peace."
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