This picture was taken from near the base of where the towers once stood and looks west. The ground is a jumbled mass of brown rectangular rubble.
To the left of the frame is one side of a tower. It is about seven stories tall. It is nothing but a side - none of the flooring or ceilings are attached to it. Beside this a tall piece of metal, shaped somewhat like a fork in that it has three prongs, leans at an acute angle with the ground. This is part of the exterior of one of the towers. Roughly judging by the scale it would be 50 metres long.
On the right hand side of the frame is a segment of the other tower. It is only the outside steel support of the base of the tower. There is nothing visible of the floors that it supported. It seems to be at its highest point thirteen stories tall. It is a metal latice, ripped into the shape of a forlorn arrow pointing at the sky.
Beside this is another building, some seven stories tall. Its top has been smashed so that it has now taken on a semi-circular shape. Now windows are visible as they all appear to have been smashed and the building gutted.
To its right is a fourth building. This seems to be about twelve stories tall and is completely black.
In the distant background, obscured by haze, are a further three buildings towering over the scene.
Source: AP Photo / John Roca
The wreckage that once was the World Trade Center complex is seen, looking west, in lower Manhattan, Monday, Sept. 24, 2001 in New York. Rescue and recovery efforts continue in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.