Wreath To Be Placed At Somerset County 9/11 Memorial

SOMERVILLE, NJ — A wreath will be placed at Somerset County’s 9/11 memorial at the corner of Main and Bridge streets on Monday by county Freeholders.

The public is welcome to attend. As people gather for the ceremony, the Somerset County Police Pipes & Drums band will perform.

At 8:46 a.m. — the time when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center 14 years ago — the ceremony will begin with a brief tolling of the bell at the top of the nearby historic courthouse. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard will present the colors. Senator Christopher (Kip) Bateman also will participate in the ceremony.

The Freeholders will then read the names of the 39 Somerset County residents killed in the attacks. The placement of the wreath will be followed by a moment of silence. A second brief bell-tolling will conclude the ceremony.

The 39 Somerset County residents killed in the attacks include:

• Kermit Anderson
• Evan Jay Baron
• David O. Campbell
• Keith Coleman
• John Collins
• Brian Dale
• Kevin Dennis
• Stephen Dimino
• William Fallon, Jr.
• John W. Farrell
• Louis Fersini, Jr.
• Michael Finnegan
• Christopher Forsythe
• Noel Foster
• Steven Genovese
• Steven Goldstein
• Robert John Halligan
• Kevin James Hannaford
• John Clinton Hartz
• Christopher N. Ingrassia
• Allison Horstmann Jones
• Stephen Joseph
• Alvin Kappelmann, Jr.
• Ganesh Ladkat
• Matthew McDermott
• Stacey Sennas McGowan
• Philip Parker
• Hashmukhrai C. Parmar
• Ludwig Picarro
• Stephen E. Poulos
• Thomas B. Reinig
• Sheryl Rosenbaum
• Timothy Patrick Soulas
• Craig W. Staub
• Ronald G. Tartaro
• Lance Tumulty
• Honor Elizabeth Wainio
• Alison Marie Wildman
• Frank Thomas Wisniewski

Flags at county facilities will be flown at half-staff in accordance with the congressional mandate passed in December 2001.

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