They do so willingly. Priests ministering to those in the middle of a chaotic and dangerous situation know the risks. Fr. Judge knew the risks, but he also knew he had a DUTY to be there, and be of comfort to those who may not make it out.
That is the point that, while willing to take risks themselves, they would agree that their risk taking should not risk *others*. Again, with the unique situation of a bomb having gone off, with more bombs possibly soon to go off.
I’m seeing this entirely from the perspective of a terrorist bombing response and emergency services. The number one priority is to get every living person away and EOD in there to look for other bombs and defuse them before they can kill and maim even more people. There might even be truck bombs with the intent of taking down high rise buildings.
What muddles the situation are swine like Bloomberg, who intentionally excluded clergy at the memorial to 9-11. That is worlds apart from what I’m talking about.