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YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An upside-down American Flag hanging implicit 3,500 feet supra crushed could beryllium seen swaying successful the upwind by tourists passim Yosemite connected Sunday - parkland unit accidental it was a signifier of protest.
The determination was made connected the past time of the famed Firefall, a once-in-a-year improvement that sees thousands stitchery astir El Capitan - the aforesaid acme the emblem was hung from.
Park unit accidental the emblem was hung upside down successful protestation of the national layoffs that are portion of the Trump administration's cost-cutting initiatives.
According to the U.S. Flag Code, an upside-down American Flag is simply a "signal of dire distress successful instances of utmost information to beingness oregon property" - thing parkland unit accidental is simply a reality.
Since Valentine's Day, much than 1,000 nationalist parkland work employees person mislaid their jobs, implicit 5% of the park's workforce - astatine slightest a twelve worked successful Yosemite.
Aleksander Chmura, who worked arsenic a parkland custodian, was devastated to person his termination letter, and contempt seeing "the penning connected the wall" aft receiving the Jan. 20 memorandum, helium was besides surprised.
"Feb. 14, maine and similar truthful galore thousands of different people, received termination announcement for what was described arsenic unsatisfactory performance," helium said. "It conscionable truly benignant of shocked me... I received thing but exceeding expectations.”
In summation to changing the world and imaginable beingness people of idiosyncratic workers, surrounding communities are acrophobic it volition impact their livelihood, fearing tourism could instrumentality a hit.
Others are acrophobic it volition impact the upkeep of the situation and the wildlife that relies upon it.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
