On March 30, 2002, a firefighter searching for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, is reported to have discovered a burnt Bible fused to a piece of steel. The barely legible top page is open to the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5, where Jesus speaks of “an eye for an eye” followed by “resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

Watch this History channel video: Remembering 9/11: The Ground Zero Bible

Read The New York Times article: At 9/11 Memorial, an Enduring Message of Forgiveness

Also see: 9/11 Memorial: Bible Represents Compassion of First Responders After Attacks

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