'On the 11th September 2001 at 09:59 and 10:28 EDT, two enormous explosions pulverised the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. The 400 metre high towers disintegrated in a volcanic eruption of dust and rubble while the entire world watched in Shock and Awe on live television.
The buildings were "smulched into a smouldering pit" where the temperature remained so high that soil and glass were vaporised - boiled away - for over 6 weeks..'