NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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GROUND ZERO - Thursday March 14, 2003 - The Parish of Trinity Churen m
the City of New York today announced that it will resume its public ministry at
the asd-year-old st- Paul's Chapel here followfr^ a City-mandated cleanup of
f'^zXV’ hazardous residues left by the
^^i^*'^"^d5^p^^^i7t^wTSstoxtel£apd was closed to the public and converted to a
24 houra-a-de^, aeven days-a-week refuge providing food and rest for the
thousands of firefighters, police and emergency workers at Ground Zero.
aaid St. Paul's will continue ita relief work Until Baster Sunday, whereupon it will
close to aUow the clean of the baaardous residties from the World Trade
Center’s deatruption. The cleanup project is mandated by the Environmental i
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the required cleaning, St. PauTs public mmiatey win be reborn
' address the urgent, unique spiritual needs of a communily that is recovering
but still grieving from the terrible tragedy," said the Rev. Samuel Johnson
;,5'J-A Howard, the Vioar of Trinity Parish, rrhere could be no mom fitting lime to
\lZz52v address this tremendous challenge than the season when we celebrate the
rceuonractioix of Christ
“There is a desperate need for ft place of aptritusd pdlgriHiage near the World
Trade Center site/ he added, "not only for the thousaoade who live and work in
tewer Manhattan hut also for viaitora front around America and. the world who
come here every day.*
Pother Howard said the etaerBency ministry at St. Paul's would continue for the
’’ month?, volunteers from churches, synagogues, corporahons. law flxxua
r other kind? rtf' oKsnnindiotu* from throug^ut the United States have coma to
• * •• • Y New York to sepre die heroic people at the World Trade Center site,” he added,
' <'' •We thank ercryotje at St. Paul's who have gtem so much, and we thank
huudreda of other corapaaeianate people and their companies whose generosity
has underwritten much of the financial wst.
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