Bonnie Blystone made a call to the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department on the afternoon of Dec. 20.
When the dispatcher answered, Blystone said it wasn’t a 911 call. It was a “personal dilemma,” she said.
(It was) a floundering American flag atop at 25-foot flagpole located on my parent’s property next to their home,” she said in an email. “The rope had broken and their large flag was getting battered by persistent, and increasing, high winds.”
The current flag had been flying 24/7 since she replaced on her father’s birthday in October 2016.
“Dad had retired after serving 30 years in the U.S. Army, Airborne Division, and was proud of his long affiliation with the Armed Forces and the 503rd Airborne,” Blystone said. “He was proud to be an American and a soldier.”