Ground Zero Flag is a 60' X 30' (1800 square feet), American Flag was donated to a group of Ground Zero volunteers from New York during the rescue and recovery operations after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
These volunteers was recorded in the photograph which was taken first by Thomas E. Franklin of The Bergen Record (is a newspaper in Hackensack, New Jersey), taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the American flag at ground zero of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks. The official name for the photograph used by The Record is Ground Zero Spirit. The photo appeared on The Record front page on September 12, 2001. The paper also put it on the Associated Press wire and it appeared on the covers of several newspapers around the world.
Franklin shot the photograph shortly after 5 p.m. with a telephoto lens. At this time, he was standing under a pedestrian walkway across the West Side Highway that connected the center to the World Financial Center, located at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site. Franklin said the firefighters were about 150 yards (137 m) away from him and the debris was 100 yards (91 m) beyond that. They were about 20 feet (6 m) off the ground.
Franklin had hitched a ride on a tug boat across the Hudson River, arriving around noon after the towers had collapsed. He was with photographer James Nachtwey when he saw the firefighters.
The firefighters pictured were Brooklyn-based firefighters 1) George Johnson of Rockaway Beach, 2) Dan McWilliams of Long Island (both from Ladder 157), and 3) Billy Eisengrein of Staten Island.
These volunteers was recorded in the photograph which was taken first by Thomas E. Franklin of The Bergen Record (is a newspaper in Hackensack, New Jersey), taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the American flag at ground zero of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks. The official name for the photograph used by The Record is Ground Zero Spirit. The photo appeared on The Record front page on September 12, 2001. The paper also put it on the Associated Press wire and it appeared on the covers of several newspapers around the world.
Franklin shot the photograph shortly after 5 p.m. with a telephoto lens. At this time, he was standing under a pedestrian walkway across the West Side Highway that connected the center to the World Financial Center, located at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site. Franklin said the firefighters were about 150 yards (137 m) away from him and the debris was 100 yards (91 m) beyond that. They were about 20 feet (6 m) off the ground.
Franklin had hitched a ride on a tug boat across the Hudson River, arriving around noon after the towers had collapsed. He was with photographer James Nachtwey when he saw the firefighters.
The firefighters pictured were Brooklyn-based firefighters 1) George Johnson of Rockaway Beach, 2) Dan McWilliams of Long Island (both from Ladder 157), and 3) Billy Eisengrein of Staten Island.
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