Double Rainbow Graces New York City Skyline On 9/11

NEW YORK CITY — Exactly 22 years after the 9/11 attacks rocked the world, a double rainbow graced New York City's skyline.

The rainbow appeared over Manhattan, and after a torrential downpour, about 6 p.m. on the 22nd anniversary of Sept. 11, spurring New Yorkers across the city to take photographs and reflect.

"Walking home with a rainbow over Manhattan on 9/11," wrote Ashley Lennon, from a memorial for the Upper East Side's Yorkville Nine. "Speechless & crying."

The spectacle drew spectators to their windows and waterfronts across New York City and the coast of New Jersey, momentarily uniting all those who will never forget.

The rainbow arrived as Americans commemorated those killed in the attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

In Midtown, Vicky DeVille wrote it was, "One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen."

As in past years, family members read the names of the 2,977 people we lost when hijackers flew planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.

Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. Flight 175 hit the South Tower 17 minutes later.

A fourth plane crashed about 20 minutes from Washington D.C. as passengers fought back against their hijackers.

Among those to stop and admire the rainbow were NYPD officers patrolling the Upper East Side's 19th Precinct.

"Double rainbow happening now in NYC at sunset on 9/11," wrote Kristin DeGroat, sharing a photo apparently taken from the Upper West Side.

"Can't get enough of that hope."