Naugatuck Police Department Reflects on the 9-11 Terrorist Attacks

Written by Police Lt. Bryan Cammarata, which first appeared on the department’s Facebook page.

On this date fourteen years ago, 9/11/01 several officers of the Naugatuck PD made a decision to drop everything they were doing and head to NYC to assist in the rescue efforts. Then NPD Chief Ned Clisham gave the officer the go ahead to assist and these officers did just that...

These officers had no idea what they were headed into and had no idea what to expect as they piled into cruisers and headed towards Manhattan. As the officers neared NYC they were directed to New Jersey to a staging area that was set up for what would become the “jump off point” for all the agencies from around the country that traveled to NYC for the same purpose of helping their brother and sisters of the NYPD, NYFD and NYC Transit departments in attempting to rescue and recover victims of the twin towers collapse...

The photos in the attached link are from the cameras of those Naugatuck officers that documented what these officers saw during the three days they spent in lower Manhattan from 9/11/01 through 9/13/01... These photos speak for themselves and need no explanation - these photos are contained within the NPD web page under “Photos Galleries” / “NYC 9.11.01” Pictures...

These officers represented all that is good about our community and what the job of policing means to the men and woman of this agency .... God Bless and We Will Never Forget.

To view the dozens of photos taken by Naugatuck Police officers please click here.

Photo via the Naugatuck Police Department