Double rainbow over New York City.Photo:Gary Hershorn/Getty
Gary Hershorn/Getty
People in and around New York City were treated to a truly remarkable sight on the 22nd anniversary of9/11.
Professional photojournalist Gary Hershorn was among those who captured the stunning sight on camera andshared it to social media. His image shows the rainbow between One World Trade, where one of the attacks occurred, and the Empire State Building.
CBS News correspondent Nancy Chendescribed the rainbowon X (formerly known as Twitter) as “the most vivid rainbow I have seen in my life — and it’s a double one too.”
CNN Senior Global Affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga alsograbbed a shotof the rainbow, calling it “a fitting end to this day 🌈.”
CNN Senior Producer Sarah Boxer said in a separate post that the day gave “all the NYC feels.”
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“We started with the same warm blue sky I remember 22 years ago to the day,” Boxer wrote. “A torrential downpour of thunder, lightning & tears then hurtled down this afternoon. Now this evening, we look up to rainbows abounding all over the skyline. 🌈.”
Several others shared images of the rainbow online, including the city itself.
Nearly 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 attacks at World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Somerset County, Penn., according to the9/11 Memorial and Museum’s website.
In a press release, N.Y.C. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham said discovery came through the ability of New York City’s DNA laboratory “to generate results after more than two decades of negative testing attempts."
About 40 percent of the people who died in the World Trade Center attack — or around 1,104 people — “remain unidentified,” Graham added.
“We hope these new identifications can bring some measure of comfort to the families of these victims,” he said.
source: people.com
