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Roving Reporter #15 – John Solicia who discovered the Cross at Ground Zero. (10min) >>> Play

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While we were in NY on 9/11 we ran into John Solicia who found the famous Steal I-Beam Cross that fell from the towers when they collapsed. The Cross is now mounted alongside St. Peters 50 feet from were Our Lady of America was placed on 9/11. Eventually the Cross will be part of the memorial at Ground Zero when it is completed. While we were doing the interview the names of those who died where being read on the load speaker at the memorial service at Ground Zero and can be heard in the background. Listen to this inspiring account of hope and light that the Cross can bring in the midst of great darkness and despair.

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Roving Reporter #9 – This is the beautiful face of Our Lady of America – a new devotion in the Church (10min) >>> Play

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As promised, here’s the shortened version of the video of the Visitation of Our Lady of America to NYC.

It was amazing and touching to see the groundswell of devotion by the faithful to this new devotion in the Church to Our Lady of America.

If the way the patrons of St Patrick’s Cathedral embraced Our Lady of America continues in the other places she will be visiting in the coming months, then I have no doubt that our Blessed Mother’s wish to have Her image of Our Lady of America enthroned at the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, will be realized sooner than later.

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Roving Reporter #8 – Our Lady in the Big Apple and Ground Zero (29min) >>> Play

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Update: See a shorter video here

Here is the video. It was a while coming, but worth the wait. Wow! What an event, a lifetime experience, and so much video footage to edit! Thanks for your patience. It is a bit longer than most of our videos here on AirMaria, but every deletion was heart rending. We will hopefully be posting a shorter version tomorrow. This segment includes Our Lady of America at St. Peter’s, enthronement on the fire tuck, the trip past Ground Zero, Her arrival at St. Patrick’s and the devotions there.

Many thanks to Denise Parlacoski and Kevin McCarthy for making this happen. Thanks to the Fire and Police Departments of Newark and New York, to the Port Authority, the dioceses of Newark and New York and to Fr. Kevin Madigan, pastor of St. Peter’s and Monsignor Robert T. Ritchie, rector of St. Patrick’s and many others. Thanks to all who attended these events and, finally, thanks to Our Lady of America for taking center stage in our troubled times. Our Lady of America, pray for us.

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Roving Reporter #7 – Friar Roderic Mary Burke at Ground Zero on the Eve of the Sixth Anniversary of 9/11 talks with Kevin Calhoun of the NYCFD (07min) >>> Play

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The Airmaria crew were so blessed to be in NYC for a few days around the Sixth Anniversay of the 9/11 terrorist attack, covering a story about the Statue of Our Lady of America, which was enthroned in St Peter’s Church, on Chapel St.

Just a few blocks down the street, at the WTC Path subway station, which is situated right in front of ground zero, friar Roderic, our Roving Reporter, met Kevin Calhoun, of the New York City Fire Dept, and shot this touching interview.

This is what 9/11 is all about. It’s not about the destruction, it’s not about the devastation, it’s not about the new tower… it’s about people, it’s about heroes, it’s about love – it’ about the “Heart of America”.

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Roving Reporter #6 – Denise Parlacoski relates how Our Lady of America came to Ground Zero. (15min) >>> Play

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We are posting this video (filmed yesterday) from New York. Hopefully in the future we can do more of this, even live from the field. Come listen to this moving testimony from Denise Parlacoski who after making a prayer to Our Lady found herself in a 4 week odyssey that led to the miraculous overcoming of mountains of red tape and bureaucracy with several dioceses, Police Departments, Fire Departments, NY Port Authority all to bring Our Lady of America to Ground Zero, a true testimony to the providence of God. The fire truck is already at St. Peter’s and the statue will be enthroned on the truck at 3:15. The Governor of NY will be at the Mass for the Port Authority happening at the same time at St Peters so it will be quite an event. Then she will be processed in the motorcade around Ground Zero and then off to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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