[LenS]

I found the following to be the most chilling paragraph -- "Other people — no one knows how many — also survived the immediate collapse. They were heard on fire department radios, or their bodies, with no apparent fatal injuries, were found days or weeks later, almost intact, inside protective pockets deep in the tangle of steel and cement at Ground Zero. They could not be reached in time because of the immense depth of the rubble."

[machman]

Wow, some of these stories are amazing.

[Aggie Mama]

That got me too. Actually, the whole article did.

[Portnoy]

I'm speechless...........

I can't beleive its been a year. This next week is really going to be rough.

[backhoe]

"If it's going to hit me, I will die seeing my friend,"

That is one of the loveliest, in a weird kind of way, things I have ever read.

[Vic3O3]

In some ways I'm amazed anyone survived the collapses.

[Paradox]

Suddenly, Jimeno heard a distant voice. "United States Marine Corps!" a man yelled from far away. "Can anybody hear us?"

McLoughlin and Jimeno began to scream in unison: "8-13! 8-13!" It was the code for an officer down.

"Keep yelling," the voice said. "We'll find you."

The Marine poked his head in the hole. Jimeno looked at his face 20 feet above. "Please don't leave," Jimeno begged.

"Buddy," the Marine said, "I'm not going anywhere."

That is so heartwarming, it brings tears to my eyes! US Marine Corp, some of our finest Men.

[fone]

>>>I found the following to be the most chilling paragraph --"Other people — no one knows how many — also survived the immediate collapse. They were heard on fire department radios, or their bodies, with no apparent fatal injuries, were found days or weeks later, almost intact, inside protective pockets deep in the tangle of steel and cement at Ground Zero. They could not be reached in time because of the immense depth of the rubble."<<<

Although the exact time now escapes me, maybe a week afterward, I prayed that they would find just one more person alive. Just one more, I thought, in a semi-delirious state which consumed me for over a month afterward.

Just one, who somehow had access to water...

I don't think I can comprehend how horrible a death that would be; alive, yet trapped. May Almighty God have mercy on their souls, every one of them... both the survivors and those who did not.

Thank you for posting this Len.

[mombonn]

Focus on the Family ran interviews with 2 survivors this morning that were heartbreaking, but inspiring at the same time.

So are the stories of these survivors. Prayer continues for each survivor, the families of those who lost someone, and all the rescue workers who worked so long and hard.

[LenS]

Mr. Buzelli's survival by ending up on top of the rubble is probably the origin of those tales that someone rode the building down from the very top.

[NYer]

Jimeno, a Catholic, had a vision. Jesus walked toward him, dressed in a white robe. Tall grass waving in the wind could be seen over one shoulder, a large lake over the other. Jesus was bringing him a bottle of water.

What a compassionate image!!

Thank you for posting this story ... these are the first of many stories that will be published over the next few days and long into the winter of our lives.

[Salvation]

Jimeno, a Catholic, had a vision. Jesus walked toward him, dressed in a white robe. Tall grass waving in the wind could be seen over one shoulder, a large lake over the other. Jesus was bringing him a bottle of water.

Thanks for posting this article!

[Salvation]

"Pain is good. Pain is your friend. If you're feeling pain, you're still alive." To a pair of men whose legs were crushed, this was raucously funny.

Heart-wrenching, but it is so true. In life we need to lean into the pain, not run away from it.

[Salvation]

He dived halfway down a flight of stairs and curled up in a fetal position on a landing.

I can't believe this is how I'm going to die, he thought. Please God, take care of my family and my poor daughter. Please God, make it quick.

The building crashed down around him. He saw five flashes of light. His face felt like it was being sandblasted. He fell for what seemed four or five seconds. He got hit in the head and saw stars.

"It seemed like a second later I opened my eyes and was sitting on a pile of rubble," Buzzelli says. It was actually three hours later. He had been knocked unconscious.

What an astounding account!

[yendu bwam]

Even in the most horrific of conflagrations, brought about through the free will of evil men, God's grace and wonder flow through the cracks of hell on earth - delivering some lovingly to His door, and leaving some to do His good work yet amongst us.

[Siobhan]

I found the following to be the most chilling paragraph -- "Other people — no one knows how many — also survived the immediate collapse. They were heard on fire department radios, or their bodies, with no apparent fatal injuries, were found days or weeks later, almost intact, inside protective pockets deep in the tangle of steel and cement at Ground Zero. They could not be reached in time because of the immense depth of the rubble."

I remember hearing Billy Graham's daughter talking about this on FoxNews. It makes me weep all over again. But these miraculous stories help even as I feel a tidal wave of grief about to sweep over us again. Lord, have mercy.

[Siobhan]

Pinging my Catholic and Anglican FRiends...

[sweetliberty]

"Other people — no one knows how many — also survived the immediate collapse. They were heard on fire department radios, or their bodies, with no apparent fatal injuries, were found days or weeks later, almost intact, inside protective pockets deep in the tangle of steel and cement at Ground Zero."

What I thought of when I read that was how desperately the rescue workers were working to reach any who might have survived. And now they certainly must know that some did survive for who knows how long.

[Rainbow Rising]

Unbearably moving story. Thank you for posting it. I can hardly see the screen for the tears in my eyes.

Never forget.

[Black Agnes]

bttt