A WALKING MIRACLE

On September 11, 2001 Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell (from U.S. Army Headquarters) had just stepped into a Pentagon hallway when the fireball from the hijacked plane hit him. After recovering from the initial shock, Birdwell realized he was on fire. "Jesus, I'm coming to see you," he remembers praying.

When doctors finally attended to him at the Washington Burn Center, they found second-and third-degree burns over 40 percent of Birdwell's body. To save him, they performed several skin graft operations.

Birdwell lives now with renewed purpose. "I'm a walking miracle. Christ got me out of the fire. In Him not taking me, that means I have a mission to complete. He'll tell me what it is in due time." 

-- Steve Gertz from the U.S. News & World Report

Editor's note: This September 11 Remembrance quote was first shared in SOUND BITES four years ago. To see how God has been using Brian Birdwell in these years since the attack, visit his web site at www.facethefire.org.


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