CN Tower. Fireworks. FIREWORKS OFF THE CN TOWER!

It happened. It happened for the Pan Am Games Friday night and it was nothing short of spectacular.

Feel free to oooooh and ahhhhh as you see fit. There was a bit of a tease at first partway through the opening ceremony:

Not bad, not bad.

But then at the end, after the legendary Steve Nash had lit the Pan Am Games cauldron aflame, this:

Torontonians everywhere paused to watch:

Even if you'd seen the city's skyline a thousand times, it was pretty special:

Well played, Toronto, well played. Let the Games begin!

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