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Lung transplant behind him, chaplain blames 9/11

When the call came, the Rev. Tom Winslow did not hesitate. Terrorists had destroyed the World Trade Center, and rescue workers needed the spiritual support of clergy.

So for one week in November of 2001, Winslow, an Episcopal priest and the chaplain for the Wisconsin FBI, ministered to rescue workers in an area of ground zero dubbed â??the pit.â?

Quoted: Dr. Keith Meyer, medical director of lung transplantation at UW Hospital