Viral video shows double rainbow over New York City on 9/11 anniversary: ‘There is hope’

On the morning of September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Boston en route to California before hijackers crashed them into the North and South towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City.

Full rainbow circles in NYC on 9/11 (Image source: @insidehistory/Instagram)

A breathtaking double rainbow covered New York City’s sky on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The video shared by an Instagram handle @insidehistory has now taken over social media. However, indianexpress.com couldn’t confirm the authenticity of the video. A similar event occurred last year too, on the 22nd anniversary of the deadly September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

The viral video from a high-rise apartment shows two full rainbow circles spread across the clear sky. “Out of all places, out of all days. This was no coincidence. New Yorkers have been moved to tears by stunning footage of a double rainbow arched across the city on the anniversary of 9/11. Big Apple resident Meg Wall filmed the colors lighting up the sky from the windows of her Upper East Side apartment following an afternoon thunderstorm,” the handle wrote.

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The video evoked the emotions of many social media users who remembered the lost lives. A section of users highlighted a similar event that occurred last year. A user wrote, “God knows the hurt and the heartbreak of all the family and friends of the victims.” Another user commented, “Beautiful but this is an old video – it circulates every year on 9/11. Saw it last year too. Not sure when it was actually taken.”

“It’s a tough one, these videos are bringing it all back,” a third user commented. “9/11 accounts for the most deaths of firefighters at one time. We lost more than just buildings this day. We lost community,” another user said.

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What happened on 9/11?

United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Boston en route to California before hijackers crashed them into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

According to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, as mentioned by USA Today, at least 2,977 lost their lives across New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. The hijackers—who were from the militant Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda—also died.

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