GAZING up at the huge nine-storey video screen in Times Square, the family of little Saffie-Rose Roussos – the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena terror attack – are lost for words. Beaming out from the biggest billboard in the New York tourist hotspot is a beautiful image of Saffie with a message from her parents, Andrew and Lisa: “Happy 16th birthday, shine bright Saffie Rose.” The Sun set up the surprise display to mark what would have been a milestone birthday for Saffie, who was eight when she was killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at an Ariana Grande gig on May 22, 2017.
Saffie fell in love with New York on a magical holiday to the city just 12 months before she lost her life. Reflecting on their emotional family return, Andrew said: “Seeing Saffie’s picture up there on the big screen was fantastic. “She loved Times Square, and if you could ask Saffie where she would want to be on her 16th, she’d have said on that billboard.
It is a beautiful memory for us, thanks to The Sun. “I remember the first time we arrived here. I walked into Times Square and just before I turned the corner I put my hands over Saffie’s eyes.
"When I opened them and she saw all the billboards she was just amazed. She was a real city girl who loved people. So she loved the buzz and excitement of New York.
” The Sun arranged for Andrew and Lisa to visit the Big Apple last week along with their son Xander, 18, and daughter Ashlee, 33, from Lisa’s first marriage, t.