WTC New York in French flag colors

The new World Trade Center in New York on Friday to show his sympathy for Paris.

The Governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has commissioned the lighting of the World Trade Center. " We stand in solemn solidarity with the French people, as they have done for us in our times of tragedy ", he said. One World Trade Center was opened a year ago. On the site stood until September 11 2001, the Twin Towers.

Not only the WTC in New York was highlighted with blue, white and red. The statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro and the city hall of the US city of San Francisco colored in sympathy blue, white and red.