- Lightning has struck the top of the One World Trade Center in New York City
- Video shot at 5am in Manhattan today shows the moment the sky lights up
- Lightning finds the quickist and easiest path to the ground, like via a building
- Built in 2014 the One World Trade Center is the sixth tallest buildings in the world
The moment a lightning bolt strikes the spire of the One World Trade Center has been captured by multiple angles in New York.
Footage shot in Manhattan at around 4:52am this morning shows the darkened sky illuminating when lightening comes down on the top of the tower.
Severe thunderstorms hit the New York state area yesterday, August, 22, as New York City experienced an extreme heat advisory throughout the day.
Earlier this morning, that heat broke, the presence of thunder and lightning would make it appear.
It is truly a spectacular scene when the lightning hits the One World Trade Center – the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center, located in lower Manhattan.
But it is not the first time lightning has struck the tower, which was completed in 2014 and is considered to be the sixth tallest building in the world.
A bolt of lightning strikes the spire of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as a thunder storm moves through the New York City area on August 22, 2017, pictured
A bolt of lightning strikes the spire of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as a thunder storm moves through the New York City area on August 22, 2017, pictured
A bolt of lightning strikes the spire of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as a thunder storm moves through the New York City area on August 22, 2017, pictured
Twitter user Jsingh824 manages to capture the moment a lightning bolt strikes the One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, NYC, pictured