As the smoke finally cleared over Manhattan, the devastation wreaked by terrorists in Tuesday’s attack on the World Trade Center twin towers has been revealed from space.
The latest one-metre resolution image from Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite shows the collapsed remains of the 110-storey buildings. The image was taken at 1154 EDT on 15 September from an altitude of 677 kilometres.
The task facing rescue workers is immense – north to the bottom of the image (Credit: Spaceimaging.com)
Red fire trucks and other emergency vehicles are visible near the wreckage, as rescuers continue their search for survivors. But as no-one has been found alive since Wednesday, their task is now largely confined to retrieving the remains of the dead.
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The World Trade Center before hijacked jets hit the towers – north to the top (Credit: Spaceimaging.com)
As of Monday 190 people were confirmed as dead, but 4957 are officially listed as missing.
