In late 2014, One World Trade Center opened for business. It took nearly ten years, cost four billion dollars, and required the efforts of hundreds of construction workers, but now serves as a 1,776-foot reminder of what America is capable of when we put aside our differences and pull together for a common cause. Esquire's Scott Raab chronicled the entire process, and his potent text is paired with Joe Woolhead's photos and a preface by Colum McCann, who told a tale of the Twin Towers in his novel Let the Great World Spin.