The steel fragment found at the 9/11 Memorial contains a page of the Bible fused to it, and the passage it was open to is Matthew 5:38–39 from the Sermon on the Mount. The text reads:

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“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also” ChurchLeaders+1.

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This discovery was made in March 2002 by a firefighter sifting through rubble at Ground Zero, where the Bible had been burned and fused to a piece of steel. Photographer Joel Meyerowitz later documented and preserved the artifact, donating it to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in 2010 ChurchLeaders+1. The find has been interpreted as a powerful symbol of hope and endurance, showing how the message of the Bible could survive the devastation of the attacks.