Hanukkah Candle Shines on Ground Zero
Ground zero was a little brighter Sunday night with the lighting of an 8-foot-tall menorah to commemorate the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.
“The lesson for all of us is that they can take down the towers, they can remove the structures, but they can’t take away the symbols we hold so dear,” said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik of the Fire Department of New York.
Rescue workers and several family members of victims of the terrorist attack gathered near the rubble of the World Trade Center after sunset to light the menorah’s first candle. A similar ceremony will take place each of the next seven nights of Hanukkah.
A 30-foot Christmas tree was lit during a ceremony Friday.
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