September 9, 2002
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From the Editors
Shortly after the attack
on the World Trade Towers last September, I wrote a column that appeared in this space.
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"Nearly two dozen pentagon workers returned yesterday [August 15] to offices rebuilt after being destroyed in the Sept.
"I will never be in the same place I was a year ago," says a chaplain who ministered to people on the scene at the crash of American Airlines Flight 77.
Last September 11, 38 diverted aircraft with some 6,500 stranded passengers and crew converged on Gander, Newfoundland, practically doubling the population of the city in a matter of hours. People throughout the region responded with all they had—testifying to the spiritual hero that waits to be discovered in each of us.
Claude:
The Bible tells us, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Peter: We were on the plane from Tuesday until about midday on Wednesday.
We were about mid-ocean, off the coast of Ireland, when we started getting word that there was a problem.
After spending the night on the plane, we were finally unloaded at Gander Airport and bused to Lewisporte, about 45 minutes away.
Last year, on September 11, I was working for the local newspaper, the Lewisporte Pilot.
New York artist Chris Evans's effort "to recapture and hold on to something beautiful that could not be torn down and destroyed."
Following up on a story we ran in the wake of the World Trade Center attack, we return to St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero—and to the two pastors there who have been pioneering the changing face of church.
News from the trenches: How one ground-level airline worker has prayed, ministered, and kept on course in an industry rocked by tragedy and economic upheaval.
Make no mistake about it: When the question looms "Will it happen again?" prayer makes a difference.
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I'm
glad Bruce Springsteen didn't take his usual two or three years of writing time and studio collaboration with the E-Street Band to produce "The Rising.
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One
of the first people I spoke with on September 11 was a woman whose son Ben worked in the World Trade Center.
That symbol reassured me that God was present and still governing.
My
city has a number of places of worship representing different religions: a Sikh temple, a synagogue, a Hindu temple, a mosque, and many Christian churches of different denominations, all within walking distance of each other.
BusinessWeek
had it right with its issue of August 26 offering "25 Ideas for a Changing World"—ideas about corporate ethics, finance, technology, health, trade.
