Redeemer Presbyterian church on Manhattan Island, New York, has a congregation of around 4,000 people. Their meeting place, Hunter College off Lexton Avenue, is within a mile of where the twin towers of the World Trade Center used to stand.
A significant number of people who attend the church work in the financial district of Manhattan where the WTC was located. Soon after the dreadful attack, EN was able to contact Tim Keller, senior pastor at Redeemer.
Tim was at home in his apartment about four miles from the towers when the terrorists struck. He said: 'I was at home because our 17-year-old son had broken his leg and was slated for surgery at a local hospital that day. Needless to say, the surgery was cancelled. Strangely I did not hear anything, though I was close enough to have heard it. I inadvertently turned on the TV just after the first airplane hit the first tower. It was beyond belief really. We are overwhelmed by what has happened.'
