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Worth a Thousand Words: Dakota Meyer tours Ground Zero

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Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions since Vietnam, looks out a construction elevator during a tour of the Freedom Tower, Sept. 21. Meyer spoke at a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum before touring the Freedom Tower. During his speech he told the audience of mostly veterans, firefighters, police and construction workers, “people have been calling me a hero a lot lately, but you are the real heroes. If this is what being a hero feels like, you can have it. Photo by Marine Corps Public Affairs Office New York (dividshub.net)

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