More than two billion pounds of debris hit the ground on September 11, 2001, hard enough that seismographs 21 miles away picked up the shaking. When workers finally got close enough to check, days later, they found the building standing untouched in the middle of a flattened city block — not one window broken.
More than two billion pounds of debris hit the ground on September 11, 2001, hard enough that seismographs 21 miles away picked up the shaking.
When workers finally got close enough to check, days later, they found the building standing untouched in the middle of a flattened city block — not one window broken.
Some things come through the worst of it still standing, still able to hold whoever needs holding.
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More than two billion pounds of debris hit the ground on September 11, 2001, hard enough that seismographs 21 miles away picked up the shaking. When workers finally got close enough to check, days later, they found the building standing untouched in the middle of a flattened city block — not one window broken. Some things come through the worst of it still standing, still able to hold whoever needs holding.
The 235-year-old chapel should have gone down with everything around it. What happened next is the part worth remembering.
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