Patriot Day Ceremony To Honor Marlboro Residents Lost In 9/11 Attacks

MARLBORO, NJ — The Marlboro Patriot Day Ceremony will take place at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Marlboro Township 9/11 Memorial, the township announced.

All are invited to join Mayor Jon Hornik, local officials, and the Marlboro High School band and chorus as the township pays tribute to the Marlboro families who lost loved ones and all who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001 in the terrorist attacks. Marlboro lost 14 of its residents that day.

The memorial is at Wyncrest Road and is accessible from the parking lot of the Recreation Center.

In tribute and memory, the Township of Marlboro dedicated a memorial and, through the efforts of Councilman Jeff Cantor, a U.S. Army Reservist, was able to secure a 12-foot steel “I” beam recovered from the World Trade Center, according to a history of the memorial on the township's website.

The Marlboro Township 9/11 Memorial is located on municipal property, visible from Wyncrest Road.

It was created "as a place for solace and as a reminder of those we lost that day," the township website says.

The memorial is open to all every day, dawn to dusk, and easily accessible from the parking
lot at the Recreation Center. Since the initial dedication, the township has added a tranquil fountain, seating and foliage.

Monmouth County lost 147 residents in the terrorist attacks, among the 2,977 people who were killed. More than 6,000 others were injured. Of the 2,977 fatalities, 2,753 were killed in the World Trade Center and the surrounding area, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania after the crash of Flight 93. These deaths included 265 on the four planes used in the attacks. The attacks by the 19 hijackers, who also died that day, remain the deadliest terrorist act in world history.