Florida Police Take Down American Flag Drenched by Rain From Dorian
Standing in heavy rain, Florida police officers executed a unique Hurricane Dorian rescue: lowering an American flag to safety.
This video, taken by a Sanford Police Department officer and posted to Facebook, shows two officers in yellow raincoats lowering a US flag at an American Legion in Sanford, Florida, on the night of Tuesday, September 3.
“Officers made contact with the Commander of the lodge, who thanked us for reaching out and authorized us to take the flag down,” the Sanford Police Department said in its Facebook post.
After Hurricane Dorian thrashed the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, it weakened and headed north, parallel to Florida’s east coast.
The storm downed trees and cut power in some Florida cities on Tuesday night.
As of 11 am on Wednesday, the hurricane was a Category 2 storm, moving at 9 mph with winds reaching 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was 90 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, and about 205 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Sanford Police Department via Storyful
