9-11-01

I rose early to have coffee as our cruise ship was entering Hubbard Glacier Bay and saw one of the towers fall on CNN. For three minutes I thought it was a movie.

When I realized it was live news I immediately called the ships quartermaster and reported that I was a pastor and chaplain if there was a need. Two minutes later there was a knock on our door and there stood a porter with a ship's pager with invitation to become chaplain for the ship. Incredibly, I was the only minister aboard.

It was Tuesday morning. One couple had a son who was a police officer in NYC, another had an uncle in the pentagon. It was not until Friday that we were able to find that they both survived.

The ships captain asked me to conduct a special service on Saturday morning in the theater, which was as solemn an assembly as I have ever presided over.

We will never forget.

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