Historic NYC church bell to honor Norway victims

[July 27, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- The "Bell of Hope" at New York City's historic St. Paul's Chapel will toll in remembrance of Norway's massacre victims.

Norwegian Consul Aslaug Nygard (OW'-slahg NEE'-gohr) is scheduled to attend the ceremony at noon EDT on Wednesday in Lower Manhattan.

The bell was a gift to New York from the city of London a year after 9/11.

It has been rung after the bombings in London, Madrid, Mumbai and Moscow; for the Virginia Tech victims; and on 9/11 anniversaries.

St. Paul's Chapel served a half-million hot meals to workers during the World Trade Center recovery operation.

[Associated Press]

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