After 9/11, some run toward faith, some run the other way

(RNS) Sean Tallon was nearing the end of his probationary training as a
New York City firefighter when the two hijacked planes hit the twin
towers of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Tallon, 26, ran up the North
Tower to save others.

His family would never see him again.

"As my mom and dad said, `This isn't it,"' said his older sister,
Rosaleen. "God has promised us an eternal life. That gave us the only
comfort that could help us at that time."