The three-times life-size statue, recreates the now-famous photo of three firefighters raising the American flag at Ground Zero.

The iconic American flag three New York City firefighters raised above World Trade Center rubble on 9/11 that later disappeared has been recovered and donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The historic flag is now on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the attacks.

Raising the Flag at Ground Zero is a photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of The Record newspaper of Bergen County, New Jersey, taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the U.S. flag at the World Trade Center, following the September 11 attacks.

On the evening of September 11, 2001, three firefighters hoisted an American flag above the scorched ruins and persistent fires of the World Trade Center site, an iconic moment captured in an enduring image by Thomas E. Franklin, a photographer formerly affiliated with The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey.

2021年9月8日 · McWilliams, a firefighter with Brooklyn’s Ladder 157, was walking past the North Cove marina, just a block from where the towers once stood, when he spotted an American flag on a yacht.

2016年9月8日 · Firefighters raise a U.S. flag at the site of the World Trade Center after two hijacked commercial airliners were flown into the buildings on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City.

2013年9月4日 · Firefighters George Johnson, Dan McWilliams and Billy Eisengrein raise a flag at ground zero in New York after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. The scene was immortalized by...

A 3- by 5-foot U.S. flag hoisted by firefighters at the scene of the destroyed World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will go back on display Thursday — 15 years...

2021年8月31日 · He saw firefighters “fumbling” with an American flag near where the Twin Towers had fallen and fired off a burst of photos. The photo of the three firefighters raising that flag in a show...

2016年9月11日 · Firefighters found the flag on the Star of America, which was a yacht docked at the World Financial Center, according to The New York Daily News. The sign posted with the flag at the ground...