Police announced on Friday that they had arrested and charged a woman who set an American flag on fire.
The flag was part of a Sept. 11 memorial gesture that hung flags on overpasses along Route 66 in Arlington, not far from the Pentagon, which was attacked on 9/11.
Kayla Caniff, 22, was allegedly caught by an Arlington police officer who noticed the large flag on fire just before midnight on Thursday. She was charged with destruction of property and released a short time later.
Among the 2,977 confirmed deaths by terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, 125 were working at the Pentagon when American flight 77 was intentionally flown into the western side of the building just before 10 am. 64 passengers and crew on the plane, including five hijackers, were also killed.
343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers were also killed on 9/11 in New York City, while 40 died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew attempted to retake control from the hijackers.
Unreal: a DC woman is accused of setting a 9/11 remembrance flag on fire! @ArlingtonVaPD say an officer spotted the American flag on fire on the I-66 overpass. Police say Kayla Caniff, 22, was charged with destruction of property and released on personal recognizance. https://t.co/Oix99GxUTh
— Lindsay Watts (@LindsayAWatts) August 30, 2019
