Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Cardinal Preaches to TWA Victims’ Kin
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New York’s Roman Catholic Cardinal John O’Connor devoted a special Mass to the relatives of the 230 people who perished when TWA Flight 800 exploded in midair a month ago. “This Mass is not--what has come to be, to me, almost a repugnant phrase--to bring closure,” O’Connor told the 3,000 people at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. “You don’t bring closure to human suffering simply because a month has passed. . . . You work toward healing. Driving along in your car, a piece of music comes on, and all the closure is gone,” he said. Meanwhile, divers recovered two more bodies, leaving 24 victims still missing.
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