As a deadly wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina, the blaze appeared to spare the historic Maria Lanakila Catholic Church.
claimed dozens of lives and burned more than 1,000 buildings. Yet, in the charred, desolate landscape, Maria Lanakila — meaning Our Lady of Victory —"is still standing," a spokesperson for the church confirmed to NBC News.according to parish's website.Many recalled a similar phenomenon in the aftermath of the Sept.
11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings. St. Paul’s Chapel of the Parish of Trinity Church Wall Street, known as the “Little Chapel that Stood,"when the World Trade Center towers crumbled across the street. St. Paul’s became a place of refuge and morale for first responders, relief workers and everyday New Yorkers who worked to rescue people from the ground zero rubble and later rebuild.
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