Hollowed/Hallowed

♪ I hear a thunder in the distance, see a vision of a cross. I feel the pain that was given on that sad day of loss. ♪ -- Creed

WORLD TRADE CENTER, New York -- 343 firefighters were among the 2,823 people killed. The cleanup removed 1,642,698 tons of debris, including 190,568 tons of steel; this cross-shaped steel beam was found standing in the rubble.
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Numbers from BBC News