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A rainbow emerged from the One World Trade Center Thursday, one day before the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Image source: Ben Sturner / @leverageagency
The incredible sight was captured by New Yorker Ben Sturner, who posted photographs to Twitter.
The images quickly went viral online.
Sturner was inundated with messages from individuals that the picture touched.
"Chills," wrote one person.
Chills: Beautiful double rainbow this morning over the Freedom Tower.(via @leverageagency) #NeverForget911 pic.twitter.com/B12I4oGtgF
— Reshma P Patel (@SmilingResh) September 10, 2015"Thank you for posting these. So beautiful & just what I needed to see," echoed another.
@leverageagency Thank you for posting these. So beautiful & just what I needed to see.
— Betsy Schindler (@betschind) September 10, 2015"This picture of hope and renewal that I feel coursing through me and out my finger tips," wrote one more.
@leverageagency Best Bday present in 14 yrs This picture of hope and renewal that I feel coursing through me and out my finger tips. ThankU!
— Sally Reilly (@SallyReilly77) September 10, 2015"Wow. There are just no words to adequately describe this," another person tweeted.
Wow. There are just no words to adequately describe this. #NeverForget911 https://t.co/uPV3ZTWeoS
— Mandy Odom (@MandyWDEF) September 11, 2015Friday will mark the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks which claimed the lives of 2,977 victims.
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