Nostradamus' 9/11 Prediction

Nostradamus was born in France in 1503 and published a collection of prophecies called "The Centuries" in 1555. Each four-line verse ,or "quatrain", foretells world events far into the future. Many quatrains have came true so far, but a little off. There is one prediction that people have been extremely curious about. This prediction even came with its own illustration(pictured on left). This prediction was supposed to come true on 1999 but came true on September 11,2001. When those words come up ,everyone gasps because that is the day that two brothers fell.

"Even more frightening is the following quatrain. Earth-shaking fire from the center of the earth. will cause the towers around the New City to shake, Two great rocks for a long time will make war, And then Arethusa (a ship) will color a new river red. " (Century 1, Quatrain 87,Nostradamus)

Nostradamus mentions of a "New City", which would relate to "New York City" and “the towers” which would relate to the twin towers.