Friday, October 06, 2006

Ground Zero cross moves to temporary home at church
Updated 10/5/2006
By Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press

NEW YORK — A cross-shaped steel beam that survived the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attack to become a symbol of hope amid the ruins was moved Thursday from Ground Zero to a nearby church, accompanied by a procession of victims' families, clergy and construction workers.

The 2-ton, 20-foot-high cross was placed on a flatbed truck for the 3-block trip to its new home, St. Peter's Church, which had served as a sanctuary for rescue workers searching for human remains from the Sept. 11 attack.

"This piece of steel meant more to many people than any piece of steel ever," said Richard Sheirer, head of the city Office of Emergency Management five years ago. "It goes beyond any religion."

Ironworkers sang God Bless America as hundreds of people walked behind the cross to its temporary home facing Ground Zero outside the 18th-century church, New York City's oldest Roman Catholic parish.
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