the process that ensued led us to create something that was much bigger than we had originally conceived. the end result? the end result of that project? this breath taking photo on the cover of this week s special issue of time. top of america. the inside story of building one world trade center. joining us now the managing editor of time, nancy gibbs. what an incredible cover you have. what a feed. jonathan woods did quite and intrepid photo editor. good lord. firefighter and rock climbing instructor up to the top of that talker. and it s an extraordinary image of an extraordinary from an extraordinary building. if you go on time.com you can zoom in and out. you can check and see fountain flowers on your doorstep are blooming. really? oh, my gosh. whose idea was that? and is the photographer okay?
story telling. jonathan had an idea you see the boom which he welded to design this boom that would take pictures 360 degrees all around the manhattan. so you stitch those together and that is how you get this panoramic image. it is just a view of this city from this iconic place. this is now the tallest building in the western hemisphere. this is such a symbol of hope and resilience and energy miracles when you think what was involved in getting that building built. it s a story of struggle. what do you reveal in the back story of where we are today? because some people would criticize to say it s taken us too long to get where we are. i think what a lot of us didn t appreciate, i know i didn t as a lifelong new yorker what is involved in building the tallest building in the country in one of the most congested pieces of real estate we have? so you have major transportation arteries under there.