The National September 11 Memorial & Museum plans to open a new exhibit featuring the Ground Zero flag that three New York City firefighters raised above the World Trade Center rubble on 9/11.
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Shirley Dreifus, center, the original owner of the American flag, left, that firefighters hoisted at ground zero in the hours after the 9/11 terror attacks, hold interviews at the Sept. 11 museum, Thursday Sept. 8, 2016, in NY.
Two years ago, the flag was turned in by an unidentified man at a firehouse in Everett, Washington.
The flag will be donated to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in NY this Sunday, September 11, 2016.
In October of 2014, a man named Brian showed up at an Everett Fire Station with a flag in a plastic bag.
It even became the subject of a History Channel documentary, which sought to solve the mystery of the missing flag.
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169-a-17-(Alice Greenwald, director, 9/11 Museum, speaking to reporters)-“in that flag”-9/11 Museum director Alice Greenwald says the flag is an important symbol”. “In the darkest hours of 9/11 when our country was at risk of losing all hope, the raising of this American flag by our first responders helped reaffirm that the nation would endure, would recover and rebuild”, said memorial president Joe Daniels in a statement.
