For David Shorter, Thursday morning brought back a monumental memory.<\/p>\n
He was in the seventh or eighth grade at West Ashley\u2019s Blessed Sacrament School in the 1960s when a construction crew installed the twin spires atop the new Catholic church next door. The schoolchildren were allowed to step over the steeples before they were hoisted into place.<\/p>\n
Of course, Shorter also remembers them being blown down by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and the church\u2019s brick towers have stood unadorned ever since. At least until Thursday.<\/p>\n
Shorter was among a few dozen who gathered just outside the church to watch as a construction crew hoisted the first steeple back into place.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ain\u2019t missing this for no reason,\u201d he said. \u201cTwice in a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n
The spectacle was so dramatic that those involved waited until after the morning rush hour on Savannah Highway, reducing the chance of causing any wrecks. Thursday\u2019s weather was near perfect: clear skies and only the slightest breeze. But a computer glitch with a construction crane ended up delaying the lift until the lunch hour.<\/p>\n
But by 1:20 p.m., the first one \u2014 weighing almost 3 tons \u2014 was stood up and hoisted off the ground….<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n A few dozen gathered just outside the church to watch as a construction crew hoisted the first steeple back into place.https:\/\/t.co\/xzmq5NlGiL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) August 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n