Family carries on legacy of Army pilot Norman Flecker 25 years after his death

On June 30, Penny (left) and Manny marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of their son, First Lieutenant Norman T.S. Flecker, who was killed in an Army helicopter crash in South Korea in 1998. Photos: Jeffrey F. Bill/Baltimore Sun/TNS

It's been nearly 25 years since Penny Flecker looked through the glass door of her west Columbia home and found a woman dressed in an Army uniform. Her mind raced to her identical twin sons, Norman and Alex.

"I immediately knew something happened to one of the boys,” Flecker, 80, said. “I opened the door and then I backed away and just crouched down.”