The Supertech Twin Towers in India were the 15th tallest buildings in the world until they were utterly demolished in less than 10 seconds.
American documentary photographer James Nachtwey happened to be in New York on 11 September 2001. The images Nachtwey captured on that fateful day were published by TIME immediately following 9/11, and have become iconic. As the ten year anniversary of the Twin Towers tragedy looms, a number of previously unpublished photos by Nachtwey have just been released.
The National September 11 Memorial is due to open in two weeks, on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks of 2001. The memorial has been under construction for the past seven years; click through for a time-lapse condensation of the construction process. Go on, make your day a little more poignant.