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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

ASTRONAUT REMEMBERS 9-11-2001 IN SPACE


ONE MORE LOOK--Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two hijacked commercial jets were crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well as New Jersey) that tragic morning. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the people there, and everywhere else," said Station Commander Frank Culbertson of Expedition 3, after the terrorists' attacks.

The following day, he posted a public letter that captured his initial thoughts of the events as they unfolded. “The world changed today.  What I say or do is very minor compared with the significance of what happened to our country today when it was attacked.”

Upon further reflection, Culbertson said, "It's horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country from such a fantastic vantage point. The dichotomy of being on a spacecraft dedicated to improving life on the earth and watching life being destroyed by such willful, terrible acts is jolting to the psyche, no matter who you are."

U.S. Astronaut Frank Culbertson remembers 9/11 on video:

Image: Photo of Manhattan taken from space on 9-11-2001 by American astronaut Frank Culbertson aboard the International Space Station.

Source: www.NASA.org


Other images of photographer: www.contactpressimages.com/sept11/

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