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Army Sgt. Christopher Braman, carries the Olympic flame at the conclusion of a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon honoring the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Braman, who risked his life to save three people, one of whom survived, risk his life to retrieve the Marine Corps Flag in the Pentagon. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

Army Sgt. Christopher Braman, carries the Olympic flame at the conclusion of a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon honoring the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Braman, who risked his life to save three people, one of whom survived, risk his life to retrieve the Marine Corps Flag in the Pentagon. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

Army Sgt. Christopher Braman, carries the Olympic flame at the conclusion of a Dec. 21, 2001, ceremony at the Pentagon honoring the heroes and 184 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Braman, who risked his life to save three people, one of whom survived, risk his life to retrieve the Marine Corps Flag in the Pentagon. Photo by Linda D. Kozaryn

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