The Saint Who Walked Into Hell on 9/11!

Father Mychal Judge spent his life going wherever people needed him most. In 1974, he climbed a fire ladder and entered a home where an armed man was holding his wife and baby hostage. Years later, he became an FDNY chaplain — finally bringing together the two dreams he’d carried since childhood: becoming a priest... and a firefighter. Then came September 11th, 2001. As thousands fled Lower Manhattan, the 68-year-old Franciscan priest went the other direction. Straight toward the World Trade Center. Inside the North Tower, Father Judge prayed beside the firefighters he loved, comforted the injured, and remained near the FDNY command post as the disaster unfolded. He would become Victim 0001 — the first officially recorded victim of the September 11th attacks. This is the incredible true story of Father Mychal Judge... THE SAINT WHO WALKED INTO HELL ON 9/11. 🔗 SOURCES & REFERENCES • National September 11 Memorial & Museum — Remembering FDNY Chaplain Father Mychal Judge https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-fdny-chaplain-father-mychal-judge • Franciscan Friars — Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM https://friars.us/fr.-mychal-judge • Siena University — Fr. Mychal Judge, O.F.M. https://www.siena.edu/alumni-and-giving/alumni-engagement/awards-recognitions/honorary-degree-recipients/fr-mychal-judge-ofm/ • WBEZ / NPR — Memories of Sept. 11’s First Casualty Burn Bright https://www.wbez.org/culture/2011/09/05/memories-of-sept-11s-first-casualty-burn-bright • Religion News Service — Documentary Uncovers Life of Mychal Judge, the “Saint of 9/11” https://religionnews.com/2006/06/01/documentary-uncovers-life-of-mychal-judge-the-saint-of-9-11/ • StoryCorps — Father Michael Duffy Remembers Father Judge https://storycorps.org/stories/father-michael-duffy/ • FDNY — Remembering Judge https://www.nyc.gov/site/fdny/news/FS3726/the-fdny-the-fdny-foundation-present-film-remembering-judge- • U.S. Catholic — U.S. Sainthood Causes Reveal a Longing for Church Renewal https://uscatholic.org/articles/202210/u-s-sainthood-causes-reveal-a-longing-for-church-renewal/ 📺 CHAPTERS 00:00 – The Call 01:17 – Two Dreams 02:46 – The Firefighters’ Priest 05:21 – September 11th 09:39 – The Saint 📺 THE 9/11 CHRONICLES More true stories of the extraordinary men and women of September 11th: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaRV1GANRzypLSrRQSitaZkYKyZeNh9if 🎵 MUSIC Music by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudio White Bat Audio: https://whitebataudio.com/ @AmericanMilitaryNetwork #MychalJudge #September11 #FDNY #911