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<\/a><\/p>\nI got a great shot of that, and several more, as he came over to me. I saw that there were several US flags visible poked into the grass a ways away from where he had found the first, and then I could make out that there were some more Israel flags among the US flags.
\nHe brought the flag to me, and we went over to the area where the rest were. Got shots of his progress, flag in hand. There was a plaque erected in honor of Victoria Hen, who had lived from 1977 to 2002. As my son and I poked the flag of Israel back from where it had obviously come, one of the guards approached and asked me if I knew want happened to Ms. Hen. I told her I did not.<\/p>\n
The guard pointed up into the second story of the International Terminal while describing how Victoria Hen worked the El Al counter in 2002 when a terrorist attacked the place, and Hen was killed. I vaguely recalled the incident; I remember that after 9\/11, it had seemed huge.
\n“I didn’t know that El Al carried guns around,” the guard said, “But they sure took care of business. Took that guy down quick.” I said that being the Israeli airline, they couldn’t stay in business any other way.<\/p>\n
She said that the wind had been strong, and always messed with the flags. The larger American flags had either not been disturbed, or had been restored. I looked around and saw that there were several more Israeli flags scattered among the low shrubs and ground cover. I mentioned that perhaps the flags had some help in getting scattered about being Israeli and all. The guard nodded as though I had said something profound, rather than obvious.<\/p>\n
My son and I poked the rest of the Israeli flags back into the small memorial. The guards went back to work down a ramp into a restricted area. I lingered to grab a few more shots of the memorial, and noticed a HUGE vertical wall display of an American flag on the side of what I think is Terminal #4. I lined up so that the Stars and Stripes swelled over the small memorial, which nestled in a small triangle of shrubs, grass and gravel, at the counterclockwise end of the curb in front of the Tom Bradley International Terminal.<\/p>\n
The next time you’re in the area, I’d appreciate it if you could check up on the flags there. You can even do it from inside the terminal. Before entering the ticketing counter lanes, if you walk all the way to the left, there is a sign which says something like “Nursery and First Aid”. Go through that door, and you see a window. If you look out the window at the ground below, that’s the spot.<\/p>\n 07 June 2013, i dont see the memorial. I hope its been moved domewhere nuce. <\/p>\n The bus dropped us off in front of the Tom Bradley International Terminal, and we had seven hours to kill. We wandered. I saw a crane starkly silhouetted at an impressive angle, and went to grab a shot of it. My son took the opportunity to walk along a winding concrete wall through a small triangular green space. Two female security guards or airport police stood nearby enjoying their cigarettes. It took several shots of him, practicing keeping him right on the 1:3 horizontal guide in the viewfinder, as he wound his way away.<\/a><\/p>\n
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