NEW YORK -- Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions since Vietnam, receives a sculpted USMC made from recovered World Trade Center steel, 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 heros… If this is what being a hero feels like, you can have it."(Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinto
NEW YORK -- Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions since Vietnam, receives a sculpted USMC made from recovered World Trade Center steel, 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 heros… If this is what being a hero feels like, you can have it."(Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton / RELEASED) Medal of Honor Recipient Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer tours Ground Zero, Sept. 20 by NYCMarines
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