Emphasis Preaching Journal

"This is clearly a message from God, that he was always there for us," said Jane Pollicino as she stood beneath the cross-shaped steel beam that improbably survived the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. Although her husband, Steve, was among the 2,800 people killed at the Trade Center, she recognized this cross as "a message to keep having faith." The Long Island woman is part of a group pushing for the 20-foot cross to be included in the site's permanent memorial. The crossed beams were discovered September 13 by a construction worker searching for survivors.