09/11/2021
The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Jesus came to give us life and life everlasting. Today, we pray for the families who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. We also pray for these United States. That as a country, we will never again have to face a tragedy like the one we faced 20 years ago and that no weapon formed against U.S. shall prosper.
***
“The 20-foot cross — two steel beams that had held together as the building collapsed — was discovered in the rubble of Ground Zero on September 13, 2001, by construction worker Frank Silecchia. The 9/11 cross became a venerated object, and many of those who were searching for survivors and clearing debris from the “pit” took solace from its existence. On October 4, 2001, it was moved to a pedestal on Church Street, where it was treated as a shrine by visitors to Ground Zero for the next five years. In October 2006 it was removed to storage, and in July 2011 it was returned to the site for installation in the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.”
***