This cover, from TIME magazine on September 14th, 2001 is both horrific and specatcular. It captures the moment the world changed irrevocably. Most everyone can remember precisely where they were and what they were doing as this picture was being snapped.
According to ABC statements, this issue sold 3,430,565 (three million, four hundred and thirty thousand, five hundred and sixty five copies).
The issue prior on September 4th, 2001, sold 154,820. The issue from the prior year in the same time slot sold 128,455 copies.
The American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it #25 of the top 40 Covers of the last 40 years.
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