NPR remembers Father Judge.
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Judge rushed with some off-duty firemen to the World Trade Center, which had just been hit by the first plane. Tom Von Essen, who was then commissioner of the New York Fire Department, saw him in the North Tower.
"And he looked really concerned," Von Essen recalls. "We didn't talk. We always talked. We always fooled around. But we didn't that morning."
As it happened, French documentary filmmakers were inside the North tower. Their camera captured some of the last moments of Mychal Judge's life. In the film, says his friend, Father Michael Duffy, you can see the priest standing by the plate glass window, watching the bodies fall on the patio outside.
"And if you look closely at that film, you'll see his lips moving," Duffy says. "Now, for those of us who know him, he wasn't one that talked to himself. He was praying. And absolving people as they fell to their death."
Moments later, the South Tower collapsed. The force of the explosion shattered the windows and flung the priest across the lobby. In the darkness, some firemen stumbled over a body.
"It's Father Mike!" they yelled. They lifted his limp body and gently placed him in a chair. As they carried him outside, a photographer snapped an iconic picture of the developing tragedy.
but no first responders allowed at the memorial service...no clergy or prayers either...
photo: Holy Name Province Franciscan
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Bomb? No, forgotten mooncakes in a box.
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another "we're all gonna die and we deserve it" film.
And ALGore approves.
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another day another typhoon...due tomorrow.
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US was pushing the Philippines to let the MILF get all their area (ignoring the many Christians who live there and ignoring Philippine sovereigty).
the Supreme court nixed the deal since it was illegal...and no, this is not about religion but about who gets to steal all the money.
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a local Review of John Sayles latest film, about the Philippines fighting US occupation...
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a new panel will investigate the death of Dr Jerry Ortega, killed for opposing mining in Palawan.
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survival of the fittest, or the sexiest...
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