Lightning strikes spire of One World Trade twice during Monday storms

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
(Photos: @maximusupinnyc/Instagram)
Photos: @maximusupinnyc/Instagram

LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- It's like the old saying - lightning doesn't strike the same place twice...[br /][br /]Except when it does.[br /][Ads /][br /]Photos posted to Twitter on Monday show huge lightning bolts striking the spire of One World Trade in Lower Manhattan not once - but twice, as thunderstorms rolled through the Tri-State Area.[br /][twitter ID="[br /]755179255823237122" /][br /][Ads /][br /]Monday's severe weather was packed with strong winds caused damage and power outages throughout the region.