9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Set In Lacey

LACEY, NJ — Join Lacey Township officials and community members Wednesday evening for a brief 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Lacey Elks Lodge.

The lodge's Americanism Committee will host a reverent candlelight ceremony in the lodge's main hall (900 Beach Blvd.). Doors open at 7:10 p.m. and the ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m.

There were 21 Ocean County residents among the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and on United Flight 93 that was crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

There also will be a wreath-laying at Ocean County's Sept. 11 memorial and a moment of silence, along with speeches. Read more: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Set At Ocean County Offices

The Ocean County victims, compiled from several sources, include:

1. John Badagliacca, of Brick and Staten Island.
2. Brett T. Bailey of Brick
3. Christopher S. Cramer of Manahawkin
4. John Robert Cruz of Jersey City, formerly of Lakewood
5. Robert P. Devitt Jr. of Plainsboro, 1983 graduate of Brick Township High School
6. Michael D. Diehl of Brick
7. Patrick Joseph Driscoll of Point Pleasant Beach
8. Patricia M. Fagan of Toms River
9. Harvey J. Gardner III of Lakewood
10. William H. Kelly Jr. of Long Beach Township
11. Robert C. “Bob” Kennedy of Toms River
12. Joseph Mangano of Jackson
13. Fred Morrone of Lakewood
14. Edward K. Oliver of Jackson
15. Jon A. Perconti of Brick
16. Susan M. Pollio of Long Beach Township
17. James Sands Jr. of Brick
18. Raphael “Ralph” Scorca of Beachwood
19. Thomas Sgroi of Brick
20. Catherine Smith of Long Beach Township
21. Christopher M. Traina of Brick