Friday, October 5, 2007

St Pauls





St Paul’s Chapel is across the road from the World Trade Center, and by some miracle, was undamaged (apart from the tree previously mentioned) when the Towers came down.
It was a refuge and haven both on that day and ever since for the injured and volunteers. Here you can see some of the memorials.

Outside is the remainder of the tree, part of the trunk, which was the inspiration for the sculpture now at Trinity Church.






St Paul’s Chapel was also famous for the famous people who worshiped there including various governors and even a President.

This bell was given to the people of New York City by the people of London following the terrorist attacks in London.






It is impossible to get one clear shot of the chapel due to the trees etc, so here’s two which you can combine in your mind.

We realised that the kids didn’t fully comprehend what had happened across the road. We had bought a kid’s book which explained it, and we decided that St Paul’s chapel grounds was an appropriate place.