#FedExGuy AKA Matt Uhrin Did A One-On-One Interview About The Flag-Saving Incident

HERE’S A LINK TO THE INTERVIEW BECAUSE LOCAL SITES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EMBED THEIR VIDEOS 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — The man who being labeled as an American hero who stopped a flag-burning in Iowa City says he’s no hero. Matthew Uhrin, a Cedar Rapids man, says it was just instinct. As a veteran who served in the U.S. Army for eight years, the American flag was more than just a symbol. A group lit a couple of U.S. flags on fire in the Ped Mall. They were protesting “republican values,” which includes the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. Two were charged with open burning. “I don’t feel like I deserve the praise I never wanted it, just it’s humbling you know it just it is,” Uhrin said.

Of course he’s from Cedar Rapids. Of course he is. All of the good people in the world are from Cedar Rapids. That’s just a fact. I also found out from #sources back home that Matt and I went to the same high school. Go Cougars. Anyway. I wanted to post this cause it’s actually interesting. It’s cool to hear from the guy who walked up on a bunch of protestors and snatched the American flag just as they were about to burn it. It also gives a look into why he did it and it’s pretty much exactly what I said in my past two blogs. The American flag means so many things to so many different people that burning one is absolutely 110% gonna piss someone off. For example, Matt served in the military for 8 years so the flag means something very different to him than it does to the protestors on the street. That’s why he did what he did. Also, Matt just seems like a stand up dude. He doesn’t want the attention he’s getting. He’s not planning to parlay this viral moment into financial gain. He’s just a normal guy working a normal job who did what he felt what was right in a particular moment. Cedar Rapids through and through.