VIDEO: Ex-Navy SEAL and Nebraska football team pay tribute to 9/11 heroes – Washington Examiner

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln football team paid tribute to first responders and service members who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, unveiling new uniforms the team will wear on Sept. 11.

The video released by the school features Nebraska football player Damian Jackson , a former Navy SEAL, wearing the new uniform and leading a crowd of people down a street, carrying a U.S. flag. Jackson eventually stops in front of an Army veteran, a sheriff , a firefighter , and a paramedic. Jackson takes off his helmet, which has a U.S. flag on it, and salutes the veteran, who salutes him in return.

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"To all first responders and military members, thank you," the video says at the end.

The new uniforms feature U.S. flag patches on the shoulders and are white with red numbering, an inversion of the team's typical red uniforms with white numbering. They will be worn by the team during their game with the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 11 , the 20th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Others have paid tribute to the anniversary, with the brother of one firefighter who died in the immediate aftermath of the attack announcing plans to walk 537 miles, or the distance between Washington and New York City, two cities targeted by the hijackers.

On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of four U.S. commercial aircraft and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia. The fourth jet crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers successfully revolted against the hijackers. Nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of first responders as well as the 19 hijackers, died in the attacks.

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