{"id":1319,"date":"2011-09-11T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2011-09-11T08:09:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T12:09:58","slug":"angel-at-ground-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2011\/09\/angel-at-ground-zero.html","title":{"rendered":"Angel at Ground Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor rescued from the rubble when the towers collapsed. \u00a0Here&#8217;s her story in her own words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/109\/2011\/09\/Genelle.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1320\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/109\/2011\/09\/Genelle.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Today I still work for The Port Authority as I did when I clocked in at the World Trade Center at 8:05 that Tuesday morning 10 years ago. But now on September 11, I try to take the day off. I want to be in a quiet, peaceful place\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guideposts.org\/free-ebooks\/prayer-every-need\">praying<\/a>. It is a day I both mourn and celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had left the 64th floor of the North Tower earlier and escaped unharmed. What if I hadn\u2019t been buried in debris, the ground falling out beneath me at the 13th floor as I was racing to get out of the building? What if I hadn\u2019t been stuck under rubble for 27 hours before rescuers finally found me? I would have been grateful, but I wouldn\u2019t have looked any deeper at my life. I would have chalked my survival up to quick thinking or quick moving or plain good luck. I would have gone on with my life avoiding God the way I had ever since I lost my mom to cancer in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I lay there trapped in the dark after the building collapsed, rethinking my life. I ended up doing what my mom would have done. I prayed. Well, it was more like pleading, screaming, promising, asking for some sort of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guideposts.org\/free-ebooks\/mysterious-ways-9-inspiring-stories-show-evidence-gods-love-and-gods-grace\">miracle<\/a>\u00a0until I pushed my hand through a few inches of rubble above my head and felt someone\u2019s warm hand close around mine. Then I heard a male voice say the four sweetest words I have ever heard: \u201cI\u2019ve got you, Genelle.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guideposts.org\/inspirational-stories\/angel-ground-zero\" target=\"_blank\">Click to read full article<\/a>\u00a0at GuidePosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genelle Guzman-McMillan was the last survivor rescued from the rubble when the towers collapsed. \u00a0Here&#8217;s her story in her own words: &#8220;Today I still work for The Port Authority as I did when I clocked in at the World Trade Center at 8:05 that Tuesday morning 10 years ago. 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