Frank Culbertson: Singurul american aflat în spațiu la 9/11

NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson captured a haunting image of smoke rising over New York during the 9/11 attacks from the International Space Station. This photograph, taken as the second World Trade Center tower collapsed, has become iconic. Culbertson, the only American in space at the time, described the emotional impact of witnessing the tragedy from orbit. He later learned that a pilot involved in the attacks was a former colleague. The events of September 11, 2001, resulted in the deaths of 2,977 people after terrorists hijacked four planes, crashing two into the Twin Towers, one into the Pentagon, and the last in Pennsylvania.