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Among the many victims and sacrifices of September 11, 2001, an example of a gay priest deserves special honor

The plastic bag labeled "Victim 0001" September 11, 2001, contained the body of Father Mychal Judge, Catholic chaplain with the Fire Department of New York. When he learned of the disaster of World Trade Center, the necklace was a Catholic and firefighter clothing and ran from the center.

saw people jumping to death to avoid the hell of more than 1000 feet above. At 9:59, the south tower collapsed, and the strength and the rest of the mass of steel, concrete, glass and humanity when it hits the ground is probably what killed the father of Mychal. He was the first death since the attacks in the morning. His work must be central to the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the attacks of 9 / 11: peace, tolerance and reconciliation

vigils held for the first time this year in honor of Father Mychal. About 300 people gathered Sunday at the church of San Francisco, where the judge lived and worked just down the block level 24/engine a fire station. The father continued in March as Mychal final at Ground Zero. The man behind the annual report is Steven McDonald, a police detective in New York the former who was assassinated in 1986. He was questioned 15 years Shavod Jones in Central Park. McDonald Jones shot, leaving him paralyzed for life.

I met McDonald while leading the procession, driving on Seventh Avenue in his wheelchair. He spoke of the Father Mychal meant to him:

"He, more than any ... reaffirmed my faith in God, and it was important for me to forgive the man who shot me. And I am alive today because of it. "

Father Mychal

Jones had obtained the phone with McDonald and his wife. He apologized to the prison. Take lessons of reconciliation, McDonald joined the judge in a trip to Northern Ireland, where they worked together to try to end the violence.

On September 20 May 2001, President George W. Bush before a joint session of Congress. He said, as we know, "they hate our freedoms." He praised the Capitol Lisa Beamer, the widow of Todd Beamer, a passenger aboard United Flight 93 was heard saying, "Ride", before attacking the pirates. Travel Companion Beamer, Mark Bingham, a rugby player and a public relations consultant who also joined the fight to prevent hackers from using aircraft as a weapon, was openly gay. As was David Charlebois, the co-pilot of American Airlines 77, which hit the Pentagon .

A decade later, Brendan Fay is reflected in the life of his friend:

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