This view of an American flag on metal recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers after their destruction was taken on Mars on Sept. 11, 2011. The aluminum component bearing the image of the flag served as the cable guard for a tool on the Opportunity rover.
This view of an American flag on metal recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers after their destruction was taken on Mars on Sept. 11, 2011. The aluminum component bearing the image of the flag served as the cable guard for a tool on the Opportunity rover.

Keith’s note: Rich Cooper has posted a poignant remembrance of 9-11 and his personal and NASA connections to that day:

“Several weeks ago as part of a separate writing project (Full Circle: A Journey of Flags, Heroes, Remembrance, and Friendship), I ventured into my basement and pulled out some of my old notebooks and files from my time working at NASA. One of those notebooks was a daily chronicle of everything happening in my job. I was looking for notes and details related to the September 11th attacks and the months that followed. In doing so, I discovered an old file folder aptly titled, “September 11,” and to my surprise found a more formal account of my memories and reflections that I had forgotten I had written.”

Full story: A New Introduction to an Old Story – The Day America Bled: My September 11 Story

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