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-<\/strong> Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the stories told by fire and emergency response teams, as well as priests and members of religious orders who went to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, following the terrible terrorist attack, are well known, but others are not as well known. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The help and comfort they provided to those who suffered devastating losses\u2014including deaths, injuries, and missing persons\u2014deserve to be remembered on this 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Brian Jordan took some holy water and went to the scene of the disaster<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember it as if it were yesterday,\u201d Father Brian Jordan told OSV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Franciscan friar of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe within his order, the priest is currently the pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, located on West 31st Street in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That morning, Father Jordan was at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Upon hearing about the attack, he returned to the Franciscan friary on 31st Street, attached to the parish of St. Francis of Assisi, where he lived, determined to go to the scene of the disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not knowing for sure what he would find\u2014though he expected to find both victims and those responsible for the attack\u2014he took some holy water and a pair of bronze knuckles. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019ll bless them with one hand, and just in case there are any bad guys, I\u2019ll bless them with the other.\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before leaving, another friar gave him some devastating news: his fellow Franciscan, Father Mychal Judge, had died. Even so, Father Jordan knew what Father Judge would have wanted him to do: go and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On October 5, 2006, construction workers removed a six-meter-tall cross made of steel beams, which had been recovered from the rubble following the September 11, 2001, attacks that brought down the World Trade Center in New York. (Photo by OSV News\/Chip East, Reuters).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were bodies and body parts everywhere: I blessed them all\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After stopping at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan\u2014where the only patients were people being treated for dust inhalation following the collapse of the Twin Towers\u2014Father Jordan headed to Ground Zero, where he ran into a police captain he knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe gave me a mask; he gave me a pair of gloves. He said to me, \u2018Father, put on the mask, put on the gloves, and go to work.\u2019 And so I walked back and forth for several blocks, and there were bodies and body parts. I simply blessed them all.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 16, Father Jordan celebrated his first Mass at Ground Zero; he would continue to celebrate Mass there for nearly 10 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cGround Zero Cross,\u201d at Building 6 of the World Trade Center <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then, on September 23, something unexpected happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA big, burly construction worker from Local 731 came up to me and said, \u2018Hey, Father, do you want to see the house of God?\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen we entered the ruins of Building 6 of the World Trade Center,\u201d Father Jordan recalled. \u201cThere were about 25 firefighters beside me, and a construction worker asked me, \u2018What do you see there, Father, right in the middle?\u2019 I told him, \u2018I can\u2019t believe it\u2026 I see a cross.\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two intersecting steel beams had been severed in such a way that they formed a crucifix after Building 6 of the World Trade Center was struck by debris from the collapse of the North Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was excavated, placed on concrete, and blessed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This remarkable discovery became known as the \u201cGround Zero Cross\u201d and, over time, became part of the collection of the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum. It was excavated, placed on a concrete base, and blessed. On October 7, a Mass was held near it, at the corner of Vesey and West Streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat moment gave people hope and encouragement,\u201d explained Father Jordan, who wrote his own memoir\u2014\u201cThe Ground Zero Cross\u201d (Xlibris)\u2014and was honored with the distinction of being its unofficial guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A New York City firefighter attends a Mass at St. Joseph\u2019s Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, commemorating the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2022. U.S. Catholic bishops offer Masses, prayers, and reflections as the nation commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2026, terrorist attacks. (Photo by OSV News\/Gregory A. Shemitz).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sister Margaret O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On September 11, Sister Margaret O\u2019Brien, a Sister of Charity who worked for the Sisters of Charity Health System, was in her office at Bayley Seton Hospital on Staten Island, briefing a colleague who had just returned from vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer secretary came in and said, \u2018I just got a call. A plane crashed into the World Trade Center,\u2019\u201d Sister Margaret recalled. \u201cWe walked down the hall to a window from which we could see, and we realized how serious the situation was.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe sisters quickly got ready to go to St. Vincent's Hospital \u201dto organize the emergency response and trauma care,\u201d Sister Margaret explained. 'And the doctors were there, the stretchers were there\u2014everyone was waiting at the entrance\u2014but after a short while, no one showed up.'\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the hotline, with people looking for their loved ones<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sister Margaret manned the emergency hotline at the Sisters' hospital operations center, taking calls from people looking for their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe phone was really difficult,\u201d she reflected. \u201cBecause people would give you a name, and you\u2019d check your list, but you couldn\u2019t find them. \u2026 It was all very, very emotional, and for the first few days, the phone wouldn\u2019t stop ringing.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember feeling very grateful to have something I could contribute to, to be able to help,\u201d said Sister Margaret, who currently serves as assistant to the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The South Tower of the World Trade Center is on fire after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175 in New York, according to this file photo from September 11, 2001. Twenty-five years after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, Catholic family members who lost loved ones that day have acknowledged that their faith helped them cope with their losses. (Photo by OSV News\/Sean Adair, Reuters). 
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Figures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that, in total, the attacks caused the immediate deaths of 2,977 people, including 441 first responders. As of June 30, more than 9,000 people, according to the World Trade Center Federal Health Program, had died since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, more than 57,000 first responders and survivors have been diagnosed with cancer related to the attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trauma: The Most Common Cause<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trauma was a constant feature of the nurses\u2019 shifts, especially for one colleague who cared for first-response teams sent to receive treatment after participating in recovery efforts at Ground Zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes people spoke, but most of the time they simply couldn\u2019t,\u201c2 Sister O\u2019Brien explained. Her colleague \u2018remembered one person: she was very quiet, and then she said, \u201dI can lift my arms and legs. But when I lifted a rock and saw a face\u2014just a head, crushed against the ground\u2026\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt collapsed,\u00bb Sister O\u2019Brien added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Father Stephen McGraw: An Airplane Flying Above Our Cars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Father Stephen McGraw\u2014at that time a priest in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington\u2014also witnessed indescribable scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the morning of September 11, a school Mass had just ended, and he was on his way to Arlington National Cemetery for a funeral when he made a mistake and failed to take the correct exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember that, around 9:35, I was just stuck in traffic, right in front of the Pentagon.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was worried that he would almost certainly be late for the funeral now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then, without warning, the plane roared right over our cars, very, very low,\u201d Father McGraw recounted. \u201cI can\u2019t say which of my senses was most affected: there was the vibration and the roar of the plane, and a light pole was struck and fell onto a taxi driver\u2019s car that was just a few cars away.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he looked to his right, he saw American Airlines Flight 77 crash into the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abI saw it crash and vanish, while a huge fireball shot out of the building the moment after the impact.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victim Assistance Near the Pentagon<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since his radio wasn't on and he didn't hear what was happening in New York City, \u00abI just assumed it was a terrible, tragic accident.\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The travelers were stunned, and Father McGraw jumped out of his car\u2014with his stole, the oils for anointing, and a prayer book in his hands\u2014crossed the highway safety barrier, and made his way across the Pentagon lawn to reach the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy message was: \u2018Jesus is with you.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBasically, my message to them was, \u2018Jesus is with you.\u2019 That\u2019s what I kept telling the various victims I cared for,\u00bb Father McGraw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the victims, who identified himself as a Catholic\u2014Juan Cruz, manager of the civil accounting division of the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army\u2014was administered the sacraments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another victim\u2014Antoinette Sherman, an Army budget analyst who later died\u2014lay face down on the grass, with severe burns on her back and only one shoe on one foot. Father McGraw gently left it there at her request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen she simply added\u2014perhaps to whoever might be listening\u2014\u2018Tell my mother and father that I love them.\u2019 And I assured her that I would.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The annual \u201cTribute of Light\u201d event illuminates the sky over the Lower Manhattan skyline in New York on September 10, the eve of the 18th anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks. Each year, to commemorate the anniversary of the attacks that led to the collapse of the World Trade Center\u2019s Twin Towers, two beams of light illuminate the sky from dusk until dawn. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in the 2001 attacks. (Photo by OSV News\/Andrew Kelly, Reuters).
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\u201cWe saw evil in its fullest form, but we also saw goodness.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Father McGraw\u2014currently a missionary priest and pastor at the B\u00e1nica Mission in the Diocese of Arlington, in the Dominican Republic\u2014does not believe that his unexpected destination was a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had a strong sense of divine providence,\u201d he told OSV Noticias. \u201cI was meant to be there.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe saw evil at its worst,\u00bb Father Jordan said. \u00abBut we also saw goodness at its best. New York City came together. The country came together. The world came together.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masses and Reflections by the Bishops These Days<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the nation commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. Catholic bishops are offering Masses, prayers, and reflections, while emphasizing the need to seek peace amid a fractured global landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwenty-five years have passed since that day, and yet the chilling images remain etched in our minds,\u201d said the Ukrainian Catholic bishops in the United States, led by Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of Philadelphia, in a pastoral letter<\/a> To mark the occasion, a report published on September 4 states Gina Christian<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFaith lifted us up and sustained us\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has stated in a press release<\/a> on September 9, that \u201cfaith lifted us up and sustained us\u201d during the attack and its aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs conflicts around the world intensify, let us renew our commitment to be instruments of Christ\u2019s peace in an increasingly fractured and divided world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u2013 Kimberley Heatherington is a correspondent, and Gina Christian<\/a> She is a multimedia reporter; both work for OSV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 This information has been published recently on OSV News. You can find it, for example, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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