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Firefighters help rescue flag stuck at top of pole

It isn’t every day when you see a couple of fire trucks parked outside an elementary school.The sight is usually an unwelcomed one unless there’s a safety demonstration going on.That wasn’t the case when firefighters responded to a call Dec. 19 after an American flag got stuck atop the flag pole at South Elementary School.The flag pole is stationed near the school building’s front door.The pole was fine, but the rope, needed in lowering and raising the America flag, broke. It left the flag tangling in the wind. And since it’s impossible to reach it without a long ladder, school ...

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