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Man wakes to find Stars and Stripes in ashes
Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Apr 28, 2008 - 10:33:18 pm CDT
Shane Wood, 23, said his girlfriend's brother is in the United States Air Force.
His sister's boyfriend is too.
So he bought an American flag at ShopKo to hang outside, a show of support for the troops, he said.
Neighbors on the 1400 block of S. 26th Street take their flag in at night, but Wood had a porch light shining on his so he properly flew the Stars and Stripes at night, until somebody late Sunday or early Monday morning set it on fire.
Wood said he was surprised when he walked onto the front porch early Monday and looked to his left, where the flag used to fly.
"All you see is two little pieces on it, flopping," Wood said.
A hint of red and white stripes survived, but most of the nylon flag dripped black atop the foundation planting 4 feet below.
Wood said his bedroom window faces the wood pillar on the porch where he installed the flag.
He didn't hear any noise or see flames, and guessed whoever lit the flag did so at about 1 or 2 in the morning.
In the two months he's been renting there, no one has egged the place. Nary a toilet paper scrap has been found in the bushes.
Police officers who responded to the report told his girlfriend, Mikayla Krutz, 20, they'd never heard of anyone burning a flag in Lincoln, Wood said.
Chief Tom Casady said he couldn't remember a similar incident in his three decades with the police department.
"Very weird," he wrote in an e-mail.
Wood said he'll probably buy a new flag. He knows the proper way to dispose of a damaged flag is to burn it. The person responsible came close to completing the job.
"This one's pretty well burnt," he said.
Lincoln Journal Star
Monday, Apr 28, 2008 - 10:33:18 pm CDT
Shane Wood, 23, said his girlfriend's brother is in the United States Air Force.
His sister's boyfriend is too.
So he bought an American flag at ShopKo to hang outside, a show of support for the troops, he said.
Neighbors on the 1400 block of S. 26th Street take their flag in at night, but Wood had a porch light shining on his so he properly flew the Stars and Stripes at night, until somebody late Sunday or early Monday morning set it on fire.
Wood said he was surprised when he walked onto the front porch early Monday and looked to his left, where the flag used to fly.
"All you see is two little pieces on it, flopping," Wood said.
A hint of red and white stripes survived, but most of the nylon flag dripped black atop the foundation planting 4 feet below.
Wood said his bedroom window faces the wood pillar on the porch where he installed the flag.
He didn't hear any noise or see flames, and guessed whoever lit the flag did so at about 1 or 2 in the morning.
In the two months he's been renting there, no one has egged the place. Nary a toilet paper scrap has been found in the bushes.
Police officers who responded to the report told his girlfriend, Mikayla Krutz, 20, they'd never heard of anyone burning a flag in Lincoln, Wood said.
Chief Tom Casady said he couldn't remember a similar incident in his three decades with the police department.
"Very weird," he wrote in an e-mail.
Wood said he'll probably buy a new flag. He knows the proper way to dispose of a damaged flag is to burn it. The person responsible came close to completing the job.
"This one's pretty well burnt," he said.
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