The “cross” was found among the rubble, and it did provide some manner of comfort to those relief workers and construction workers on the Pile and throughout the clearing of Ground Zero. It took on religious implications, but it was also a found object among the millions of tons of debris. As such, it holds significance as a religious and a historical symbol of the aftermath of the attacks.

Fighting the inclusion of this particular object, just because it also has religious implications is a misguided one - and will only add to the costs to get the long delayed project opened.