day earlier, the silver-haired Father Mychal had rededicated a renovated firehouse in the Bronx, where he reminded firefighters of an essential truth about their work: “You show up,11 you put one foot in front of another. You get on the rig and you go out and you do the job, which is a mystery and a surprise. You have no idea when you get on that rig, no matter how big the call, no matter how small, you have no idea what God’s calling you to. But He needs you. He needs me. He needs all of us. . . . So keep going.” When Mayor Rudy Giuliani reached the trade center, he’d call out to Father
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