Rainbows everywhere.
Social media has been abuzz since Thursday morning when New Yorkers started snapping photos of a rainbow shooting across Manhattan.
Many saw it as originating around the One World Trade and, understandably, connected it to Friday’s commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001 Muslim terror attacks that scarred this city’s heart forever. RELATED: 9/11 Memorial in NYC opens. Some of the best shots came from Twitter user Ben Sturner. The CEO of Leverage Agency told NBC 4 he shot the pics from his Long Island City, Queens apartment.
RELATED: Millennials, don’t ever forget 9/11 “I see this rainbow, and it’s coming from the World Trade Center and it’s the most gorgeous rainbow I’ve ever seen,” he said. “I took out my phone and started snapping photos.” RELATED: Feds charged Florida man in new bomb plot. His photos — and many others — flooded social media and helped to bring some comfort to those still mourning the thousands who died that horrid day. “I’m on the bus and nearly cried when I saw this. Full body goosebumps,” one person said on social media.
“This picture of hope and renewal that I feel coursing through me and out my fingertips,” another New Yorker said.
“Thank you.”
Rainbow behind One World Trade Center yesterday, on the eve of the 14th Anniversary of 9/11. #NeverForget911 pic.twitter.com/qVYvlnSEGC
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 11, 2015
Stunning rainbow appears over Ground Zero on the eve of 9/11 anniversary #NeverForget911 http://t.co/H7jkpLxL90 pic.twitter.com/mEE7UvFFrK
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 11, 2015
Wow! Another inspiring shot CREDIT Tim Rice @flowkradd #nyc #rainbow #neverforget pic.twitter.com/9pdBihlgC1
— Amy Freeze (@AmyFreeze7) September 10, 2015
#magicalrainbow few more photos I took of the Rainbow originating from World Trade Center the day before 9-11 pic.twitter.com/REtmljuYBz
— Ben Sturner (@leverageagency) September 10, 2015
John A. Oswald is editor-at-large at Metro and can be found on Twitter@nyc_oz.
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