God Bless America

Authors

John J. Coughlin, Notre Dame Law School

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2002

Publication Information

76 St. John's L. Rev. 1 (2002)

Abstract

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the friars at St. Francis of Assisi Church on West 31st Street in Manhattan had just prayed matins, the ancient morning prayer of the Catholic Church. Afterwards, Fr. Mychael Judge, O.F.M., and his brother Franciscans were enjoying the simple pleasure of their first cup of coffee of the day in the peace of Friary's Refectory. Directly across the street from the Church, an ominous all-alarm bell began to sound in the firehouse, while Fr. Mychael's fire department beeper went off. As he had done so many times previously, the Chaplain to the New York City Fire Department raced across the street to the fraternity of New York's bravest. Jumping aboard trucks, they sped to the scene of what would become the single greatest tragedy in the long history of New York City.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of St. John's Law Review.

Recommended Citation

John J. Coughlin, God Bless America, 76 St. John's L. Rev. 1 (2002).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/744