It goes without saying that what we're seeing out of the Los Angeles area in California right now is heartbreaking beyond words.
At least two lives have been lost to the wildfires. Entire communities are devastated, wiped out, destroyed. There have been the mass evacuations of people who don't know if they'll have anything left when they finally get to return home. Worse still, the fires continue to spread, seemingly with no end in sight.
And, to compound it all, there has predictably been grotesquely incompetent Democrat (but I repeat myself) leadership at the local and state levels throughout the process.
In the midst of such tragedy, where everything seems hopeless and lost, it's hard - nearly impossible - to find any bright spots.
But they are there.
As evidence, watch below as California firefighters work to take down an American flag to prevent it, too, from catching fire. As it's taken down, another person in the background - presumably another firefighter - makes sure the man who took it down remembers to not let it touch the ground:
PROTECTING OLD GLORY: A firefighter braves the California wildfires to climb a pole and save an American flag about to be burned. pic.twitter.com/dImLAjVYx6
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 8, 2025
Because fires, unfortunately, are not an uncommon thing in the Golden State, we've seen some flag rescues from firefighters before, including here:
Our @LACOFD Crew from Engine 164 stops to save an American flag from a property destroyed by the #LakeFire. Even as we battle fast spreading flames & dangerous conditions, our members continue to serve with #respect and #honor. 🚒🇺🇸 #firefighters @IAFFNewsDesk @CAFirefighters pic.twitter.com/NIaT3sXzmJ
— Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014 (@local1014) August 13, 2020
And here:
Firefighters risk their lives to rescue American flag caught in California wildfires pic.twitter.com/8s5QyAGtga
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) July 11, 2017
And here as well:
LOOK: Firefighters save American flag from burning building https://t.co/3E7A4wx1I0 pic.twitter.com/eg1Zb5i6Rz
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) February 18, 2018
Sadly, there is nothing left of a mobile home park in the Pacific Palisades. But one thing that did remain standing tall was an American flag, burnt and looking a little worse for wear but still flying and waving in the wind:
The fire erupted on Tuesday afternoon near the Palisades Hills Recreation Center and by nightfall, 30,000 residents were evacuated. In an update Wednesday morning, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone said they estimate 1,000 structures have been destroyed.
Amid the smoke and devastation, Good Day LA’s Gigi Graciette shared an emotional image – while burnt and tattered, an American flag stood proudly over a mobile home park.
Watch:
Fox reporter points to a burnt tattered American flag with holes in it to show the wind force in California due to the Palisades wildfires. pic.twitter.com/fjzdn8NUKD
— VideoMixtape.com (@VideoMixtape_) January 8, 2025
A trailer park in Palisades has been completely destroyed. Symbolically the burnt and tattered USA flag remains flying. 🇺🇸 God Bless America. pic.twitter.com/dd0zwZvhmp
— Positively Chaos (@DiroShare) January 8, 2025
Please continue to keep all in the impacted areas and in the path of the wildfires in your thoughts and prayers. They need them now more than ever.
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