A six-story-tall statue of Jesus Christ, a prominent landmark in southwest Ohio, burned down after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm Monday night, the Associated Press reported.
Nicknamed “Touchdown Jesus,” the statue showed Jesus from the torso up with raised arms. It was made of fiberglass and plastic foam over a steel frame, measuring 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base. The steel frame is now all that remains.
The sculpture was built in 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along Interstate 75 in Monroe, Ohio. Built by church founders Lawrence Bishop and his wife, they said they meant it to serve as a beacon of hope and salvation.