he U.S. Honor Flag ended another long journey at the Platte Canyon High School where it rested with an honor guard for 13 hours, one hour for each year of service, in memory of fallen Park County Sheriff’s Office deputy Corporal Nate Carrigan March 3. Carrigan was killed while on duty assisting at an eviction Feb. 24.
The flag first made its debut shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Christopher Heisler, a sergeant (retired) in the U.S. Army, took a flag, gifted to him by the Texas House of Representatives, and drove it to New York City in honor of the first responders who were involved in the incident.
Since September 2001, the same flag has traveled around the country and the world. According to the Honor Network, the flag has paid “tribute to those who have lost their lives in the line of duty protecting our lives, our homes and our country, and also those who currently serve our communities and our nation.”
In a statement to the press, Heisler commented on how many times the Honor Network flag has visited Colorado.
