Terrorism
Lawyer Dons His Patriotic Tie One More Time After 2001 Bin Laden Vow
Texas lawyer Bob Flournoy figured he wouldn’t be wearing his patriotic tie for long when he vowed after the Sept. 11 attacks that he would wear the same neckwear every day until Osama bin Laden was captured or killed.
Now the tie is “frayed, weathered, and held together in part by Velcro,” KTRE.com reports. The Lufkin lawyer kept his vow for more than six years, until he received an official pardon from the mayor allowing him to retire the tie.
After word of bin Laden’s death, Flournoy retrieved the tie from city hall so he could wear it one last time, according to the Lufkin Daily News. “I am wearing it in celebration,” Flournoy told the newspaper. “It’s a great announcement and a great thing to hear personally that they got him.”
