QUINCY — When terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, by crashing hijacked airliners into New York's World Trade Center, Father Mychael Judge, OFM, a fire department chaplain, rushed to the scene to administer sacraments to dying firefighters. In ministering to others, Father Mychael himself became the first officially announced fatality of 9-11. NYC firemen said Father Mychael opened the gates to heaven for the firefighters and others soon to arrive.