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The Rabbi of Ground Zero
A Chaplain's Recollections of 9-11
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Receiving the Call from the National Command Center
The National Guard is mobilized and Col. Goldstein is told to report to the site of the World Trade Center.
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Buildings Were Still On Fire
Col. Goldstein describes the scene at the site of the World Trade Center when he arrived.
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Trying to Make Order Amid Chaos
Col. Goldstein first realizes that no survivors are coming out of the fallen buildings.
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Prayers and Sounding the Shofar
A Jewish woman goes looking for services on Rosh Hashanah and hears the shofar at Ground Zero.
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How Did a Rabbi Get the Job?
How did Col. Goldstein come to be charged with the responsibility of being the chief chaplain at Ground Zero?
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Families of Victims Arrive at the Scene
What happened when the families of the victims started to show up at Ground Zero in search of their loved ones.
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Trying to Track a Victim's Identity
A soldier discovers a yarmulka among the rubble at Ground Zero and brings it to Col. Goldstein.
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A Vietnam Vet at Ground Zero
Why did a veteran soldier disobey Col. Goldstein's orders while driving from the scene of Ground Zero?
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A Makeshift Chapel in the Rubble
The authorities almost close down Col. Goldstein's makeshift "religion corner" -- an area of a collapsed subway station divided off with sheets of plywood.
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Celebrating the Holiday of Sukkot
How a two and a half ton Army truck was turned into a mobile sukkah.
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Remembering a Fallen Hero of 9-11
A family says kaddish at Ground Zero for their loved one who died trying to save a coworker during the attack. The story of 9-11 hero, Abraham Zelmanowitz.
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A Child of Holocaust Survivors Connects to His Parents at Ground Zero
Col. Goldstein reflects on how being at Ground Zero gave him a poignant connection to his parents who were concentration camp survivors.
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The Chaplain and the President
Col. Goldstein's encounter with President George W. Bush.
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New York City in the Days Following 9-11
Col. Goldstein recalls the incredible feeling of unity that was felt in New York City during the days following the attack.
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