Father Mychal Judge was a Roman Catholic priest and chaplain of the New York City Fire Department. When he heard about the attacks on September 11th, he rushed to Ground Zero to comfort and help the firefighters. As the fires raged around him, he tried to comfort and save the souls of the firefighters working to save lives. Tragically, Father Judge was killed after being hit by debris while administering last rites to a dying firefighter without wearing a protective helmet. The firefighters from his neighboring firehouse recovered his body and laid him to rest at a local church before returning to continue their rescue efforts at Ground Zero, as their duty required.

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION  STUDENT A
FATHER MIKE
FROM : AMERICA : A TRIBUTE TO HEROES, BBC1, SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2001.
1 The Reverend Mychal Judge, A Roman Catholic priest and a chaplain of the New York
2 City Fire Department (1) (hear) ………………………… the news early and (2)
3 rushed from his room at the St Francis of Assisi Friary. He (3) (arrive)
4 ………………………… at Grand Zero before the towers (4) fell. As fires (5) (rage)
5 ………………………… around him he (6) comforted his fire-fighters. While they (7)
6 (try) …………………………to save lives he (8) tried to save souls. At one point he
7 was nearly administering the Last Rites of the church to a dying fireman when he (9)
8 (take off) …………………………his helmet to lean closer. He (10) knew without a
9 helmet he (11) will ………………………… be in danger but it (12) wasn’t his job to
10 be safe. The men of X whose firehouse (13) (be) …………………………across the
11 street from Father Mike’s friary (14) picked up his body and (15) (carry)
12 ………………………… him from the rubble. They (16) took him to St Peter’s Church
13 and (17) (lay) …………………………him at the altar tenderly and then they (18)
14 (went) back to Grand Zero and (19) (do) ………………………… their work because
15 that’s what fire-fighters do. In Father Duffy’s eulogy for Father Mike he (20) said this :
16 Today we bury his body but not his spirit. We bury his hands but not his good works.
17 We bury his heart but not his love.
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