Thief steals gold-plated rose from Manhattan church’s 9/11 memorial

A thorny thief swiped a gold-plated roseate that was portion of a 9/11 memorial show astatine a Midtown Manhattan church, cops said Thursday.

The roseate was portion of a commemorative show astatine the Church of St. Francis of Assisi connected W. 31st St. adjacent Seventh Ave. and down the artifact from Penn Station.

The crook entered the religion astir 2:30 p.m. Wednesday earlier breaking the eighth commandment and walking disconnected with the rose.

Cops released surveillance footage of the fishy moving disconnected clutching the roseate successful hopes of generating tips from the nationalist that would assistance them place and find him.

This representation provided by the New York City Police Department shows a gold-plated metallic roseate that had served arsenic the centerpiece of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi’s 9/11 memorial. (New York City Police Department via AP)

The metallic angiosperm served arsenic the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial honoring those who died successful the violent attack, rising from pieces of twisted alloy taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

The church’s longtime pastor, Father Mychal Judge, was a occurrence section chaplain who was crushed by falling rubble portion praying for victims and rescuers aft the attack.

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