9/11 remembrance

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE, N.M. -- Students from Holloman Elementary School watch members of Team Holloman attach the Freedom Flag, Sept. 10, 2010, which was raised in remembrance of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. The Freedom Flag was created when a restaurant owner in Virginia, Richard Melito, decided to sketch out a symbol that he felt paid tribute to and honored everyone who lost and risked their lives. Twelve months later, he created a non-profit organization called the Freedom Flag Foundation. The Freedom Flag features two broad red stripes, symbolizing the Twin Towers and the sacrifices of those at the World Trade Center during the attacks, three white stripes in memory of the rescue workers, firefighters, police officers and others who responded to the attacks; and two smaller red stripes to honor the crew and passengers who lost their lives aboard the hijacked aircrafts that day, nine years ago. (U.S. Air Force photographer Tech. Sgt. Alan Port)