Tears don't flow the same in space: Astronaut on seeing 9/11
On September 12, 2001, NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson learned about the 9/11 terrorist attacks aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Culbertson wrote, "tears don't flow the same in space...It's difficult to describe how it feels to be the only American completely off the planet...horrible to see smoke pouring from wounds in your own country from such a fantastic vantage point."