TED: YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORS
HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE
PLASTIC FLOWERS THAT ARE
NORMALLY PART OF THE STATUE.
THE STATUE HAS BEEN THERE FOR
ALMOST 75 YEARS WITHOUT ANY ACTS
OF VANDALISM UNTIL NOW.
FATHER JOHN CURRAN CAME TO SEE
THE STATUE FOR HIMSELF.
BOSTON POLICE TELL US SOMEONE
CALLED IN AFTER 9:00 LAST NIGHT
TO REPORT PLASTIC FLOWERS WERE
SET ON FIRE.
THE STATUE THAT WAS PLACED THERE
JUST AFTER WORLD WAR II,
WELCOMING BACK SOLDIERS FROM THE
WAR.
HE SAYS HE HOPES WHOEVER DID
THIS WOULD COME FORWARD IF THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR HELP.
>> THERE IS TOO MUCH DIVISION,
TOO MUCH HATRED, TOO MUCH
BEATING EACH OTHER UP.
HOPEFULLY FROM THIS, WE CAN HAVE
A SIGN FROM OUR GOD THAT WE NEED
TO KEEP PRESSING, PRESSING THE
ISSUE OF RECONCILIATION, UNITY
AND PEACE.
>> THE ARCHDIOCESE SAYS IT WILL
CLEAN THE STATUE.
AS FOR THE INVESTIGATION, THE
ARSON UNIT IS INVOLVED AS WELL
AS BOSTON POLICE.
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