![]() "The iconic symbol - which has comforted many since the crossed beams were found in the rubble of the World Trade Center - was quietly headed for a hangar at Kennedy Airport in the fall to keep it safe during construction. ![]() "The Port Authority scrapped plans yesterday to uproot and lock away the steel cross at Ground Zero after revelations about the move in the Daily News sparked an uproar. Here is an excerpt from the story and a link. Meanwhile, there is a story in the NY Daily News about an uproar over a plan to move the steel beam "cross" at the site of the Twin Towers. There are at least a half-dozen churches within a half-mile radius of the site of the stain. The reaction that the water stain inspired would make more sense in a place where Christianity is actively surpressed. It seems to me that the distiction between religion and supersition is blurred for many people. But it's a little strange to me that people need to search for signs of the Virgin Mary on Fullerton Avenue, where every third store is a "botanica" selling religious artifacts. The Cardinal makes a good point that anything that leads people to be more compassionate toward others is probably a good thing. "It's in a place that's safe for pedestrians to visit, so that's good." "We have no plans to move it or paint over it or anything," said Mike Claffey, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the site. Roughly 10 sprays of cut flowers adorned the base of the stain/image, which is generously surrounded by graffiti, mostly in Spanish. ![]() Someone has constructed a small, cinderblock and brick altar at its "feet," and, this afternoon, the enclosure held about 30 votive candles, more than half of them lit. I was there for 20 minutes today taking pictures and looking around, and no one stopped.īut as a shrine it seems to have acquired some permanence. It's rare to see people at the stain/image anymore. Shortly thereafter, however, employees of a nearby car wash used a de-greasing agent to scrub away the paint and shoe polish, leaving the image in the somewhat visible shape it's in today ( right). On May 6, a man on a bicycle stopped and scrawled "Big Lie" over part of the image in shoe polish, which prompted maintenance workers to cover the entire image with brown paint. If it's helpful in reminding people of the Virgin Mary's care for us and love for us, that's wonderful." "God has many ways to stir up devotion in people's hearts," said Cardinal Francis George at a news conference. Not long after that, the national media came calling. Within a few days, the stain was a regional sensation - thronged, protected by police guard and sawhorses, the subject of numerous news and feature reports. She told friends, and by the next day, the curious and faithful had begun to gather at the scene, which is an accident-investigation site with plenty of room for observers to stand around, pray and snap pictures. He was convicted in January 1984 and served 15 years of a 30-year sentence for second degree murder.It was one year ago today- Ap- when Obdulia Delgado, 31, was driving home along Fullerton Avenue and saw what she believed to be the image of the Virgin Mary in a stain on the concrete wall of the viaduct that runs under the Kennedy Expressway ( left). Arnold opened fire at point blank range and killed him. On the evening of June 18, 1983, he approached John Stanisha, a heavyset man whom he mistakenly identified as the informant, as he was exiting a bar at 2515 North Lincoln Avenue. ![]() Nonetheless, he remained furious at the bartender informant who turned the police loose on him. A raid of Arnold’s home turned up, among other things, a slew of unregistered handguns, ammunition, chemicals, two one-way tickets to thailand, old copies of “Soldier of Fortune” magazine, and “The Anarchist Cookbook.” Following a thorough investigation, Arnold was ruled out as a suspect. ![]() In addition, Arnold’s ex-wife had been committed to a psychiatric ward across the street from where Ms. One of Arnold’s co-workers was the father-in-law of one of the victims, Mary Reiner of Winfield, Illinois. One of the suspects in the investigation was Roger Arnold, a dockworker employed by Jewel, where tainted Tylenol had been purchased at two separate retail locations. ![]()
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