Only one American wasn't on Earth on 9/11, and this is what he saw

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as Americans watched unprecedented horror unfold before their eyes, one man watched the attacks unfold from hundreds of miles above Manhattan. Frank Culbertson was the only American not on Earth that day. Instead, he was commanding the International Space Station and snapped this pic of a smoke plume spilling out from the location of the Twin Towers. Culbertson said it was "horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country" and mourned "watching life being destroyed" while on a mission committed to trying to improve life on our planet. [Source]

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