NEW YORK – Retired U.S. Army Colonel Stephanie Dawson, the chief operating officer of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, is presented an American Flag during a ceremony honoring the Official Grand Marshals for the 2016 New York City Veterans Day Parade at the Freedom Tower in New York, Nov. 9, 2016. Dawson, served in a New York Army National Guard unit which mobilized on September 11, 2001, to assist in rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)