o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . pete: that was our that was our nation s anthem beautifully sung by a member of the port authority new york new jersey police department. you re looking live lower manhattan where 21 years ago the horrific, tragic terrorist attack of 9/11 occurred here, not just here but shanksville and the pentagon. we re live in lower manhattan for all four hours of sunday edition of fox & friends, year of our lord, 2022. myself, rachel campos-duffy and will cain here all morning long. will: ceremonies taking place at each of the attack sites throughout the morning will be featured on fox & friends. rachel: president biden will speak later from the pentagon. vice president harris will travel to the 9/11 memor
few things left behind when st. nicholas church was decimated in the september 11th attacks of the church vowed to rebuild. today they mark the first anniversary of 9/11 since the church was consecrated. we have the chairman of friends of st. nicholas and he joins us now. michael, it is so great to have you here. tell me, obviously faith was so important in the days a of not having the church there was probably you know, traumatic for a lot of people. how important was it for you to have it built and consecrated much much the way america wanted to rebuild the towers? thank you, rachel. on behalf of the st. nicholas shrine and thank you for having us on fox national tv. we con consecrated the church on july 4th for a very important reason. st. nicholas national shrine celebrates the american values of religious freedom and it
national shrine and the space for prayer for all people. ground zero is a sacred place. this is where 3,000 people were murdered. many of them left no remains because of the horrific act, the tragedy of that day. the st. nicholas national shrine is their marker. it s the place where they will always be remembered. the vice chair and cocreator of the friends of st. nicholas. he he was brought into spearhead the rebuilding project after mounting construction costs and change orders nearly derailed it all together. construction stopped for a whole two years. the project was essentially dead in the water, had no sponsor or sponsorship. that s when we created the friends of st. nicholas. we have heard the voice from the lord and we are rebuilding
archbishop. there was an error of judgment made. all of that has been restored. reporter: michael seros funds a nonprofit, friends of st. nichols which raised the rest of the money. it is literally the triumph of light over darkness. reporter: crews had been working virtually around the clock to install translucent greek marble, even unfinished, the dome is majestic. and last night, two decades since the world came crashing down, a church once in the shadow of the twin towers shined its light for all to see. the resurrection of st. nichols will bring so much hope o into our lives because it will be a beacon of light for so many. greek and nongreek orthodox alike. and i think he d be really proud and really happy that it would bring some sort of comfort to his family. wow. that was gabe gutierrez reporting. we ll be right back.