Urban Legend Zeitgeist: We Stand By You

Synopsis	An email from a U.S. Navy sailor describes how the German destroyer FGS Lutjens saluted the US destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill and displayed a sign that read 'We stand by you' after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. See the email here.
Is it true?	Yes.
Why?	The original email and photographs are confirmed here courtesy of the US Navy.
When?	September 14, 2001
Comments	None.
See also	"German Navy Warship Salutes USS Winston S. Churchill" from the U.S. Navy

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