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Veteran Steps Up To Restore Vandalized Pleasant Hill 9-11 Memorial

Just steps away from his own house, sits a reminder honoring the many service members and civilians lost.

(CBS Bay Area)

December 2, 2022

In Pleasant Hill, neighbors were shocked to find the Twin Towers Memorial defaced, covered in graffiti. Instead of waiting for a city department to clean it up, a military veteran stepped up to do what he could to restore it.

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Israel Masallo is a dad and a military veteran. He served in the California National Guard from 2000 to 2008.

"I served 8 years and I was deployed in Iraq in '04 and '05," Massallo said.

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