Phantom Towers

"Phantom Towers"

WTC Phantom Towers

"In a remarkable photograph from New York Times photographer Fred Conrad, you can see it � a luminescent column ascending into the heavens. Dreamlike and soothing for a nation�s wound, it covers that giant scar in the sky."

- John Hockenberry

Phantom towers conceived by Paul Myoda and Julian LaVerdiere. Original photograph by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times. Digital manipulation by The New York Times. Appeared originally on the cover of the New York Times Magazine September 20, 2001.