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Recall the image of Mychal Judge, the chaplain for New York City's firefighters, carried away from the World Trade Center in the arms of the brave men he ministered to. Judge, a proudly gay man, gave his life for those he served. Under new rules from Pope Benedict XVI issued last week, Father Judge would never have been ordained. Nor would thousands of other gay priests and bishops and monks and nuns who have served God's people throughout the ages...
...lasting images are more subtle: the determined faces of the swarming fire fighters, some of whom will soon climb to their death; a sheaf of papers settling in front of Jules' lens when he's knocked flat after the tower collapses; the booted foot of F.D.N.Y chaplain Mychal Judge, which is all we see of him as fire fighters carry his body off. In 9/11, what is most disturbing is what you hear, not what you see: the Mayday! calls crackling over radios, the screams of burn victims, the sickening pops of bodies hitting the pavement outside the lobby. (There...
...never will see a cent of the federal tax breaks set aside for the (opposite-sex) spouses of terrorism victims. Ronald Gamboa, Dan Brandhorst and their adopted two-year-old son David all were killed aboard Flight 175, several days before visiting family in Kentucky. And finally, the Reverend Mychal Judge, chaplain of the New York Fire Department, was killed while aiding victims and rescue workers at the World Trade Center. These are just a few names...
...praising public servants, Gore shared the well-publicized story of the Rev. Mychal F. Judge, a New York City friar who was killed by falling debris while administering the last rites to a fallen rescue worker outside the World Trade Center. Judge served as the chaplain for several New York City fire departments, and received the first registered death certificate stemming from the attacks...
...Services were held in New York City Saturday afternoon for Fire Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge, a beloved figure among the city's firehouses. Judge was killed Tuesday while he was delivering the last rites to a rescue worker...
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