- Empire State Building lights will honor school shooting victims on Wednesday
- Spire lights to go dark except for a single orange halo for victims
- Seventeen died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last week
The Empire State building will go dark except for a halo on Wednesday night
The Empire State building will go dark except for a halo of light to honor the victims of the school shooing in Florida.
The Manhattan icon’s memorial lighting on Wednesday night comes one week after 17 died in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The lighting scheme is the same that was used to honor the victims of the Las Vegas concert shooting in October.
The tower lights will be shut off entirely except for a rotating orange halo.
Since 1976, the Empire State Building’s tower lights have changed color to recognize various occasions and organizations throughout the year.
Former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been arrested and charged in the February 14 shooting in the Florida school.
The Empire State Building is seen in New York’s skyline in this file photo. The building’s lights change regularly to recognize various occasions and organizations throughout the year
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he’s considering backing proposals to promote concealed carrying of weapons by trained school employees to respond to campus shootings.
Meeting with students and parents affected by school shootings, Trump is responding to a call to arm teachers and other school employees so they can react before law enforcement arrives.
Trump says the average school shooting lasts three minutes, while police response times average from five to eight minutes.
Trump says he believes the proposal could ‘solve the problem’ of school shootings, by making potential attackers think twice.
He notes that some airline pilots have carried concealed weapons since the attacks of September 11, 2001.