War Over Ground Zero A proposed mosque tests the limits of American tolerance

摘要

They have almost everything incommon, including the tragedy that defines their lives. Both women were born in the Bronx and educated in Catholic schools. They married and raised kids of their own in the boroughs that circle Manhattan; as parents, they-like most of us-fought too much and counted blessings too little. On September 11,2001, Sally Regenhard and Adele Welty each lost one brave and handsome son-firefighters both-in the conflagration at the World Trade Center.