Disclosure of the flag of the resilient spirit of 9/11

The flag was pulled up by the three firefighters on the rubble after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks returned officially after 15 years of disappearance.

According to the announcement from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, the flag was handed over to authorities by an unknown man in 2013 but only appeared in public on the day. September 8

"I'm happy that the flag is kept in the 9/11 museum, that's where it belongs," USA Today quoted Thomas E. Franklin, an old photographer, who used to capture the moment of flagging and sharing.

Franklin said the meaning of the image did not focus on the flag but was in the people who hung it up high and the first to regain the spirit after the persecution in the context of thousands of deaths that day.

He believes that for some, this flag is a meaningful symbol."If it is so good to find a flag that can calm people's hearts," the photographer said.

Photo of 3 firefighters hanging American flags on the rubble on September 11, 2001.(Photo: LIFE).

The flag was originally taken from a yacht anchored near the terrorist scene. It then disappears within 5 hours after the time of taking photos. Deputy Director of the Police Department of Everett City, Washington State Mark St. Clair said the video back to the area shows that the flag is not on the flagpole. It is not clear how the original flag was replaced by another flag and how it "moved" to Washington state.

In 2002, the owner of the old yacht, went to the police and offered to use the flag to mobilize donations. At that time, it was not recognized as the original flag.

By the end of 2014, it was this flag that was handed back to the authorities in Everett, Washington state, after a television program that talked about its history, including the unexplained disappearance. The larger replacement flag, signed by high-ranking officials, was displayed at various locations just a few years after the original flag was confirmed missing.

Everett city police revealed that the flag was authentic as the original object last year and returned to the owner in early August 2016. However, this person and Chubb, the insurance company of the old yacht, gave it to the museum.

Chubb Evan Greenberg CEO confirmed the return of the flag "once again reminds us of the heroic spirit and determination of a great city, a great nation".

US History Channel is planning to broadcast a program that publishes details of the original flag's return journey on September 11, exactly 15 years from the date of the attack, the New York Times. said.