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Soon enough, there were other flags. A 9/11 firefighter sent one to Marceau signed by dozens of his colleagues, many of whom had responded at the World Trade Center.
很快，又出現了其他的國旗。一位9/11的消防員給瑪索寄了有他幾十名同事簽名的國旗，他們中的許多人都已在世貿中心做出回應。
A Special Forces sergeant major sent a flag he'd taken with him on missions around the world, from Iwo Jima to Afghanistan.
一名特種兵少校給瑪索寄了自己在世界各地執行任務時都隨身攜帶的一面國旗。從硫磺島到阿富汗，他都帶著這面國旗。
Marceau, a retired Marine himself and the son and grandson of veterans, cherished these gifts while continuing to pray for the return of Jackson's flag.
退役海軍瑪索的父親和爺爺都是老兵，他珍視這些禮物，同時他也繼續為找到杰克遜的國旗而祈禱。
Still waiting for those prayers to be answered, Marceau went about his routine as normal.
在等待這些祈禱獲得應答的時候，瑪索繼續照常進行著他的日常生活。
On Tuesday, July 3, he visited his son's grave, just as he has every Tuesday since Jackson was buried.
7月3號，周二這天，像杰克遜下葬后的每個周二一樣，他參觀了兒子墳墓。
"It's religion," he says. "It's my time to meditate and pray and get ready for the week."
他說，“這是信仰，這是我冥想、祈禱和為這周做準備的時間?！?/div>
When he got to Jackson's grave that morning, there was something there: a flag. Marceau didn't let himself get too excited.
那天早上，他去到杰克遜的墳墓的時候，那有一個東西，一面國旗?，斔鳑]有讓自己太激動。
People had gifted him so many flags in the weeks prior that he figured this was just another keepsake that had belonged to someone else.
在那之前的幾周里，人們給他送了很多國旗的禮物，他認為這面國旗是屬于其他人的一個紀念品。
But when he got closer, he noticed the signatures—black ink on each of the white stripes.
但是當他靠近看的時候，他看到那些簽名-黑墨水寫在每個白條紋上。
This was his son's flag. "It was pretty amazing," he says. There was also some mystery.
這個是他兒子的國旗。他說，“我感到很驚訝。”還有一些神秘。
Whoever had returned the flag left no note, and as of yet, no one has stepped forward to say he or she returned it.
歸還國旗的人沒有留下字條，到目前為止，也沒有人站出來說是他歸還了國旗。
Did the thief bring it back? Did a Good Samaritan find it in a thrift shop?
是小偷把它送回來的嗎？一個善良的撒瑪利亞人在舊貨店找到它了嗎?
Marceau has decided not to speculate. "For me, it's just a miracle," he says. "It's God. That's who put it there."
瑪索打算不再推測了。他說，“對我來說，這就是個奇跡。是上帝，是上帝把他放在這里的?！?/p>
