Con una nota donde lamentaba mucho lo sucedido, un delincuente de Long Island (EE.UU.) devolvió la preciada bandera que fue entrega a la familia de Jonathan Lelpi, tras su fallecimiento durante los atentados en el World Trade Center.
Según consigna el New York Daily News, la bandera fue sustraída el lunes pasado desde la casa de la familia en Huntington Station, desde entonces comenzaron una búsqueda por el sector para poder recuperarla.
“La poníamos en algunas sólo en algunas ocasiones durante el año, para poder recordarlo” señaló al periódico, Melisa Brengel, hermana del fallecido bombero y quien encontró en la puerta de su casa la bandera,
La mujer también relató que junto a ella, se encontró una nota en la que el delincuente se disculpaba lo acontecido. “Lo siento mucho. No tenía idea” decía el papel, que la familia agradeció profundamente.
Flag returned to Long Island family of firefighter killed on 9/11
‘I am so sorry. I had no idea,’ a note read wrapped in the folded flag stolen from Melissa Ielpi-Brengel’s home last week. The flag honored her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, a 29-year-old firefighter at Squad 288 in Queens, killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
FACEBOOKThe flag stolen from the family of a firefighter killed on 9/11 has been returned with a note apologizing for the theft.
A stolen U.S. flag, which flew above Ground Zero before settling down at a Long Island home, is back where it belongs.
The flag was one of many bestowed upon families who lost a loved one in the Sept. 11 attacks. For Melissa Ielpi-Brengel, it honored her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, a 29-year-old firefighter at Squad 288 in Queens who perished that day.
She woke July 1 to find Old Glory missing days before the Fourth of July. The thief did not realize its symbolic history when he or she snatched it, Ielpi-Brengel believes, but her flag was the only one stolen from her Huntington Station street.
“Maybe they will feel a little guilty and leave the flag (outside) the house,” Ielpi-Brengel wrote.
When word got around Ielpi-Brengel’s flag was missing, the firefighters at Squad 288 stopped by with a replacement. That flag flew above Ground Zero as well, but this new one was framed for safe keeping.
FACEBOOKFirefighters from Squad 288 even replaced the stolen flag this week with a framed one.
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Melissa Brengel stands outside her Huntington Station home, where she hangs a flag given to her in honor of her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, an FDNY firefighter killed on 9/11.
As for the other flag, the anonymous robber caught wind of its tragic history and decided to do the right thing. On Friday morning, Ielpi-Brengel found her precious flag outside the house, wrapped in a bag and folded up tight with an abject apology.
“I am so sorry. I had no idea,” the note read.
The September 11th Families Association gave her family the flag in memory of her brother, whose face has been memorialized in a statue at a Great Neck park and his name at the 9/11 Tribute Center on the Firefighters Memorial Wall. His father, Lee Ielpi, is the only retired FDNY firefighter to recover his son’s body in full after searching the rubble for months, news archives show.
Ielpi-Brengel took to Facebook to share her plight online and thanked everyone for spreading the news of its theft. She wouldn’t have gotten the flag back without their help, she said.
“The flag means so much to me and my family and we are so happy and grateful that it was returned,” she wrote.
The flag is back in its nook, but this time it’s properly secured to prevent further thefts.
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Según consigna el New York Daily News, la bandera fue sustraída el lunes pasado desde la casa de la familia en Huntington Station, desde entonces comenzaron una búsqueda por el sector para poder recuperarla.
“La poníamos en algunas sólo en algunas ocasiones durante el año, para poder recordarlo” señaló al periódico, Melisa Brengel, hermana del fallecido bombero y quien encontró en la puerta de su casa la bandera,
La mujer también relató que junto a ella, se encontró una nota en la que el delincuente se disculpaba lo acontecido. “Lo siento mucho. No tenía idea” decía el papel, que la familia agradeció profundamente.
Flag returned to Long Island family of firefighter killed on 9/11
‘I am so sorry. I had no idea,’ a note read wrapped in the folded flag stolen from Melissa Ielpi-Brengel’s home last week. The flag honored her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, a 29-year-old firefighter at Squad 288 in Queens, killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
A stolen U.S. flag, which flew above Ground Zero before settling down at a Long Island home, is back where it belongs.
The flag was one of many bestowed upon families who lost a loved one in the Sept. 11 attacks. For Melissa Ielpi-Brengel, it honored her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, a 29-year-old firefighter at Squad 288 in Queens who perished that day.
She woke July 1 to find Old Glory missing days before the Fourth of July. The thief did not realize its symbolic history when he or she snatched it, Ielpi-Brengel believes, but her flag was the only one stolen from her Huntington Station street.
“Maybe they will feel a little guilty and leave the flag (outside) the house,” Ielpi-Brengel wrote.
When word got around Ielpi-Brengel’s flag was missing, the firefighters at Squad 288 stopped by with a replacement. That flag flew above Ground Zero as well, but this new one was framed for safe keeping.
Melissa Brengel stands outside her Huntington Station home, where she hangs a flag given to her in honor of her brother, Jonathan Ielpi, an FDNY firefighter killed on 9/11.
As for the other flag, the anonymous robber caught wind of its tragic history and decided to do the right thing. On Friday morning, Ielpi-Brengel found her precious flag outside the house, wrapped in a bag and folded up tight with an abject apology.
“I am so sorry. I had no idea,” the note read.
The September 11th Families Association gave her family the flag in memory of her brother, whose face has been memorialized in a statue at a Great Neck park and his name at the 9/11 Tribute Center on the Firefighters Memorial Wall. His father, Lee Ielpi, is the only retired FDNY firefighter to recover his son’s body in full after searching the rubble for months, news archives show.
Ielpi-Brengel took to Facebook to share her plight online and thanked everyone for spreading the news of its theft. She wouldn’t have gotten the flag back without their help, she said.
“The flag means so much to me and my family and we are so happy and grateful that it was returned,” she wrote.
The flag is back in its nook, but this time it’s properly secured to prevent further thefts.
[email protected]
Follow me on Twitter: @nkhensley
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ily-firefighter-killed-9-11-article-1.1856764
