Mychal Judge

Flags and other items surround the grave where Franciscan Father Mychal F. Judge, a chaplain of the New York Fire Department, is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey. Judge died in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. (CNS/O

20 years after 9/11, remembering the legacy of Fr. Mychal Judge

Commentary: Fr. Mychal Judge, chaplain to the New York City Fire Department, was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. He was subsequently classified as "Victim 0001," a fateful first in a day mired in tragedy. He remains a beacon for all of us.

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Franciscan Fr. Chris Keenan, chaplain for the New York Fire Department, reads the last homily from Franciscan Fr. Mychal Judge (on poster, center) during the Walk of Remembrance in New York City Sept. 11 this year. (CNS/Octavio Duran)

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