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The Daily Article

Survivor was buried alive on 9/11: Four biblical lessons and a hymn of triumphant faith

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

News, Christianity, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Tom Canavan was buried alive when the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11. In The Daily Article for September 10, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison tells his story, identifies four biblical lessons for the twentieth anniversary of this fateful day, and invites us to claim a hymn of triumphant faith as our commitment and victory today.

The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

0:07.8

To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com.

0:14.7

Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

0:19.6

Dr. Jim Denison's new book, The Coming Tsunami, is his most important and pivotal work

0:26.0

to date.

0:27.0

That's because it's a warning sign, a cultural wake-up call about the impending tidal wave

0:32.6

of threat and opposition we will face for our faith as Christians.

0:37.3

At the same time, the coming tsunami gives proactive biblical steps to redeem these challenges

0:43.2

as opportunities for God's Word and Grace.

0:46.5

We want to put a copy of the coming tsunami in your hands when it's released.

0:50.8

So please pre-order your copy today at thecomingsunami.com. That's the coming tsunami.com.

0:58.1

With God's help and by his grace, let's turn the tide of the coming tsunami before it overtakes us.

1:07.5

Tom Canavan was buried alive when the World Trade Center's twin towers collapsed on September

1:13.6

11, 2001. He was on the 47th floor of the North Tower when American Airlines Flight 11 struck

1:21.0

his building at 8.46 a.m. He and his colleagues began to slowly descend the stairwells to safety when a second plane hit

1:29.6

the South Tower. Canavan and four of his colleagues emerged in an underground area filled with

1:35.7

shops. Then the South Tower collapsed. He said, I felt the thump-thump, and then I was just

1:43.2

smashed to the ground like a bug.

1:45.7

Everything went dark.

1:47.4

He thought of his son's upcoming third birthday party,

1:50.5

and how he would never meet the little girl his pregnant wife was carrying.

1:55.3

He was saved, however, because a large cement wall fell over him and another man,

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