Remembering 9/11

Of all the things I read today on 9/11, these are the best.

The Anchoress knows that  9/11 is Remembrance and Prayers that begins with praying the Office of the Dead from the Liturgy of the Hours.  Listen to her podcast of the prayer and then follow her links.

Sissy remembers the prayers of Pope Benedict at Ground Zero "Our hearts are one with theirs."

Gerard Vanderleun reposts The Wind in the Heights, a remembrance of his days watching the fires at Ground Zero from Brooklyn.  Beautiful, moving, pure gold.

Sujo John tells his incredible survivor's story about being buried alive when the towers collapsed

Today, still etched in Sujo's memory are the people who perished while he survived and the call on his life to tell others about the name that will take them to heaven.

"I see lost people around me," he said. "Watching people die on 9/11 has totally changed my life."

Neo looks back at seven years at things she never could imagine on 9/11.

From 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center comes the USS New York and its motto, 'Never Forget!'

When it was poured into the molds on September 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

Hat tip the Deacon