09/10/2026
Many were called on September 11, 2001 – called home to their God, called to be heroes, called to help in any way they could, called to show kindness to strangers. Not long after the tragedy, Sister Laurentilla Back, SSND, was called to offer comfort as a member of the Red Cross’ Spiritual Care Air Incident Response team (known as SAIR). She shares here a reflection on that experience that she wrote on the first anniversary of the attacks in 2002.
https://amssnd.org/posts/offering-solace-new-york-after-911