This is a repost from my blog on this day 5 years ago:
Imagine how astronaut Frank Culbertson felt as the only American not on Earth on 9/11. 11 years ago Culbertson was the only American aboard the International Space Station when planes first hit the World Trade Center in NewYork. He wrote a lengthy missive reflecting on the events.
“I was flabbergasted, then horrified,” Culbertson wrote. “My first thought was that this wasn’t a real conversation, that I was still listening to one of my Tom Clancy tapes. It just didn’t seem possible on this scale in our country. I couldn’t even imagine the particulars, even before the news of further destruction began coming in.” “Other than the emotional impact of our country being attacked and thousands of our citizens and maybe some friends being killed,” he wrote, “the most overwhelming feeling being where I am is one of isolation.”
It ended on a positive note:
Life goes on, even in space. We're here to stay... Frank
Read Culbertson's entire letter at NASA
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