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St. Paul's Chapel holds buckets of drama after discovery is made in famed church's steeple

...St. Paul's, where not one window broke that day nine years ago when the twin towers fell, protected by an old sycamore tree in the cemetery.

A recent discovery at St. Paul's serves as a reminder that the chapel, indeed the city, survived a disaster that took place - not on 9/11, but in 1776.

About six months ago, Omayra Rivera, a Trinity exec who was then St. Paul's program director, became curious about what was in the church steeple, as first reported in the Tribeca Trib.

One day, she noticed something in the crack of the floorboards, and shined her beam into the darkness.

She removed the board, and there, marked "St. Paul's, 1768" was a leather fire bucket that may have contributed to St. Paul's first miracle - surviving the Great Fire of 1776.

The British had just invaded New York, and when the blaze started, Washington accused them of trying to burn the city. The Brits accused Washington's troops of setting the fire, which burned up to 1,000 buildings, including nearby Trinity Church....


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