Empire State Building displayes a red and white siren light during the COVID-19 pandemic

On March 30, 2020, videos and photographs supposedly showing a red and white siren light atop the Empire State Building in New York City were widely circulated on social media. A brief statement on the the Empire State Building website explained the building 'will be lit red with a siren in the mast paying respect to heroic COVID-19 emergency workers.' The official Twitter account for the Empire State Building stated that these 'heartbeat' and 'siren' lights would be displayed through the COVID-19 battle.