The Nord family joins 'Fox & Friends' after hiking for hours to retrieve the 50-pound flag in Utah's Little Willow Canyon.
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Ainsley, an all american Rescue
Ainsley, an all american rescue,
one Utah family, enduring a three
hour hike to save a 50
pound american flag.
For almost a decade. The Nord
family gathered on
Independence Day to help raise
the massive flag in Little
Willow Canyon
well last year, when they
noticed that it was missing.
They rallied to save old glory
and here on why this rescue was
so important to them is Darren.
Will Debbie and Lexie Good
Morning to all four of you and
your dogs
laughter
good morning,
Ainsley good morning so Lexie,
I understand you were the one
that realized the flag you had
just put up or your community
just put up on July. Four was down
right,
yes,
Ainsley! Okay, so tell us the
story. What did you do next?
I was on a walk with my dad
and it was nice and windy, and I
repeat that and hes like it is-
and I said yes right up there
and my little brother climbed up
and found it and shoved it down
to the ledge
Ainsley will, were you scared to
climb up there?
It looks pretty rocky
it was.
It was really rocky
kind of had to make your own
path all the way up there.
I wasnt really scared. I wasnt
thinking about the consequences,
Ainsley, Darren and Debbie. I
know you all are so proud of
your kids. I be if my child did
something like this
Darren. What was your reaction
when Lexie called you and said? I
think the flag is down
well, actually, we got called
from neighbors and text messages,
saying hey the flags down and
before this all happened, I was
helping and fundraising. Whenever
we had vandalism, we had three
bad years where we had vandalism
where the flag was even shot
nine times, so we kind of
anticipated potential vandalism
this year, especially with all
the hype. So when I got the call,
I immediately grabbed, you know
started yelling for all of the
kids that we got to go so
we just went without anything
prepared and we didnt have a
backpack or anything to carry
it down. We went to find out
what the problem was, so we drove
up to where the flag was at
near the canyon, and then I
grabbed the neighbor and my kid
just took off and just started
going up the mountain, so they
were out of sight and so im
like yelling for them and thats.
When I called Lexie and she was
way up on top of the cliff and
looking down- and she says I see
it right there,
im like where
right in front of you and we had
already climbed up before that,
and we couldnt see it because
there was still another ravine
right in front of us. So we had
to go down and back up again
Ainsley Debbie. What does the
flag mean to you and your
family?
We have great respect for
the flag and we love this
country and we love seeing
flag flying in the canyon.
It means a lot to us and a lot
to our community.
We just really appreciate that
our neighbors do it and its
just a great reminder of the
sacrifices that people came
before us and very patriotic
about it.
Ainsley gosh, its beautiful,
were looking at the video that
you shot of it when it was
hanging up.
Are you going to hang it back up
not this year. Unfortunately,
the flag has been tattered and
torn and were really sad about
that and we need equipment and
we need to raise more money to
be able to get the flag back up
next year.
Ainsley all right well go
ahead.
He had to do this all on his
own funds when this started, but
when he went to go, have the time
to do all of the repairs. Its
like. We cant be doing that
its a community effort so
thats. Why, when I took it upon
myself to go on social media and
raise money to help pay for the
repairs,
Ainsley youre, a patriot for
doing that. So if you at home
want to donate here is the
information you can search
little Willow american flag
Project and its a gofundme page.
You could google it find the
story on our website if you
are not in front of the computer
right now.
Thank you guys. So much God bless.
Transcript generated on 2020-07-21.