Tuesday December 18th, 2001 will be a day that our community will never forget.
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For this is the very sad day when the Cathedral of St. John Divine lost a wing of this historic house of worship.
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The fire broke out in the gift shop at the rear of the church at 6:42 a.m. and went to a five alarm alert.
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Firefighters prevented the blaze from getting out of their reach into the roof and from spreading to the main body of the cathedral.
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The facade of the main body is intact, but there was heavy smoke damage inside.
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Amazingly, there were no reported injuries.
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