An American flag that firefighters hoisted at ground zero in the hours after the 9/11 terror attacks returns to the World Trade Center site after disappearing for more than a decade.
The 3-foot-by 5-foot flag goes on display Thursday at the Sept. 11 museum in New York.
It was the centerpiece of a photo that became a defining image of patriotic perseverance. The image shows three firefighters raising the flag over the rubble.
The flag was turned in two years ago by an as-yet-unidentified man at a firehouse in Everett, Washington.
Painstaking tests and examinations indicated it was indeed the same Star Spangled Banner.
The History Channel will air a documentary about the flag’s recovery on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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Buy my insulin or never eat again, lose my toes, then feet, then lower legs, and make sure you pay our rent. Never mind the cost of medical mutilation, the cost of a wheelchair. I have medical bills I can never hope to pay, participate in preventative care—use supplements to address diabetic neuropathy so I can avoid allopathic drugs that mask the pain, burning and numbness of neuropathy. I truly need help and can not find it