. >> admiral robert natter. [ applause ] >> these images of our history are now joined for eternity with of three new york city firemen determined to erect a flagstaff and hoist our colors over the rubble that was the world trade center. >> michael brady, bob natter do you have a minute? >> i sure do. >> okay. i got you on speaker phone and we've got some questions with respect to the flag. you remember under the stadium before the ceremony that you came over and said hey, they would like you to sign the flag and i said i didn't think it was appropriate for me to sign it. >> right. >> that flag. what -- do you -- the interest is where did the flag come from, how did et get on the "roosevelt." >> yes, sir, i'm trying to -- i'm trying to remember -- >> i remember governor pataki and mayor giuliani signed it. >> i know it came from the mayor's office and we were -- we were under assumption it was that flag that was in that iconic photo. we weren't real sure but that's what the mayor's office had told us at the time. >> that's not the flag that they raised on 9/11. the flag that went to the