Police present flag to German Chancellor at 9/11 memorial

NEW YORK (AP) — Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel tells officials she plans to fly a World Trade Center memorial flag at the German Chancellery in honor of the 37 police officers with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks past the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in New York.

Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo says Merkel visited the Sept. 11 memorial site at the World Trade Center on Saturday. Inspector Ron Shindel, who speaks German, greeted Merkel and presented her with the World Trade Center memorial flag and a police challenge coin. Merkel told police officials she plans to fly the flag at the chancellery, which is home to Germany's federal government.

A spokesman for the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment.