Brick Sets Ceremony Marking 15th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks

BRICK, NJ — Brick Township residents are invited to join township officials in commemorating the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at a ceremony next Sunday, Sept. 11, at Windward Beach Park.

Neighbors, clergy and local officials will gather at the Angel in Anguish monument to pay tribute, with the ceremony beginning at 6 p.m.

Among the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were 21 people from Ocean County, including eight with ties to Brick Township.

They are: John Badagliacca; Brett T. Bailey; Robert P. Devitt Jr.; Michael D. Diehl; Jon A. Perconti; James Sands Jr.; Thomas Sgroi; and Christopher M. Traina.

The ceremony includes a candlelight tribute to their memories and to the others who were killed that day.

The full list of Ocean County residents is here; the names have been compiled from several sources.

• John Badagliacca, of Brick and Staten Island.
• Brett T. Bailey of Brick
• Christopher S. Cramer of Manahawkin
• John Robert Cruz of Jersey City, formerly of Lakewood
• Robert P. Devitt Jr. of Plainsboro, 1983 graduate of Brick Township High School
• Michael D. Diehl of Brick
• Patrick Joseph Driscoll of Point Pleasant Beach
• Patricia M. Fagan of Toms River
• Harvey J. Gardner III of Lakewood
• William H. Kelly Jr. of Long Beach Township
• Robert C. “Bob” Kennedy of Toms River
• Joseph Mangano of Jackson
• Fred Morrone of Lakewood
• Edward K. Oliver of Jackson
• Jon A. Perconti of Brick
• Susan M. Pollio of Long Beach Township
• James Sands Jr. of Brick
• Raphael “Ralph” Scorca of Beachwood
• Thomas Sgroi of Brick
• Catherine Smith of Long Beach Township
• Christopher M. Traina of Brick

Flags image via Shutterstock; The Angel in Anguish monument at the 2014 service. Karen Wall photo