sarah elaston, social worker at broad and locust community center. we pray for your soul. kevin elliott, business man, father of six. we pray for your soul. glen stevens, researcher in the area of leukemia at drexel university. we pray for your soul.
jennifer pennyman, third grade teacher at jefferson elementary. we pray for your soul.
are you a religious man, david?
good. because i'm going to talk to you as a man. not as a man of the cloth.
it was luck.
luck.  random.  without meaning.
three years ago, my cousin died on a plane that crashed on take off at philadelphia international airport. do you remember that crash?
i prayed and prayed and finally found some meaning in the event. it gave me peace.  and then not quite a year later, an entire family from my parish burned to death in a hotel fire downtown.  again i prayed. again i found meaning. just two days ago, my nephew rode with you on that train back from new york. he was traveling alone for the first time.
i'm sorry if i can't react to your survival with the appropriate 'it was the hand of god. it was a miracle.' kind of answer.  i'm fresh out of those right now.
my twelve year old nephew's neck was broken in four places.  what's your point? you were chosen? i don't think so.