Healing with stories John Scibilia was asked to lead Lutheran Disaster
Response New York (LDRNY) two weeks after 9/11. He helped the organization lead many projects, including supporting a respite center at St. Paul’s Chapel, helping form an Unmet Needs Roundtable and assisting the September 11th Family Association, which opened the 9/11 Tribute Center. Today he looks back with gratitude at having
been part of the work the church did in the wake of 9/11, but after five years as LDRNY director, he knew he needed to make a change. “The disaster work was emotionally draining, and I needed to get a total break from it for a while,” he said. It wasn’t until recently that Scibilia felt comfort-
able talking about 9/11 again, which he says is due in part to his first visit to the 9/11 Tribute Center in September 2015. “I was invited to go see the pope there because I was part of the New York Interfaith Disaster group,” he said. “I was able to reconnect with two leaders of the Tribute Center, and I now feel ready to gather stories of what people experienced and maybe volunteer at the center.” Since he spent significant time at ground
zero in the weeks and months after 9/11, Scibilia was admitted to the World Trade Center Health
15 years later
“ As this anniversary falls on a Sunday, I hope every place of worship recognizes this day with more than a note in the prayer, but rather by looking back at how that day informed who we are today,” said John Scibilia, who was director of Lutheran Disaster Response New York following 9/11.
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