The Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero

On September 11, 2001, our world changed forever. The world of the parishioners of St. Peter’s Parish, the oldest in New York state, and nearby St. Joseph’s Chapel in lower Manhattan was turned upside down. A wheel assembly from one of the airplanes that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center went through a section of the roof of St. Peter’s Church. The day after the attack, emergency crews moved into the chapel and set up the disaster control center for FEMA. They stripped the Chapel and deposited its contents outside in the plaza.

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