NEW YORK – U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Nelson Vergara, a New York Police Department detective, 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. Vergara, served as a New York Police Department First Responder on 9/11 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the war in Iraq. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)