A little-known collection of photographs taken by an electrician in the months before the September 11 attacks offers a haunting glimpse into the World Trade Center’s final days. The images, captured during night shifts, show the tower’s empty corridors and quiet offices, unaware of the tragedy that would soon unfold. The amateur photographer’s work now stands as one of the last visual records of the building before its destruction. These eerie snapshots provide a stark contrast to the bustling scenes the towers were known for, preserving a moment frozen in time.
Some of the final photographs ever taken inside the World Trade Center’s North Tower were captured by a night-shift worker who had no idea he was documenting a world about to disappear. In the months before 9/11, electrician and amateur photographer Konstantin Petrov took hundreds of haunting photographs inside the World Trade Center — empty...
