Video / APTwenty years after the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3000 people, Nasa has released a photo from space showing the chilling devastation it had on New York. In a satellite image provided by the agency, billowing smoke over the Manhattan area can be seen from space after two of the hijacked planes crashed into the towers of New York City's World Trade Center. Astronaut Frank Culbertson, who was aboard the international space station when the attacks on the World Trade Center happened, has also spoken about his experience at what he saw from space. Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. Lastly, in 2011, flags from Florida's Spaceport were sewn into an American Flag – known as "The National 9/11 Flag" – that was recovered near ground zero following the attacks.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 12, 2021 22:17 UTC