All Welcome At Middletown's 9/11 Service At 7:15 P.M. Sunday

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Middletown will host a silent memorial service for the 21st anniversary of 9/11 at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.

The service will be held at the WTC Memorial Gardens, located next to the Middletown Arts Center (36 Church Street). Please park in the train station lot directly across the street. Police will be directing traffic.

The service will be held rain or shine.

The Middletown Survivor Tree will be displayed.

The Color Guard from U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle will be there, as will first responders (Police/Fire/OEM/EMS), and local veterans’ organizations will be participating in the silent memorial and wreath tribute.

Prior to the ceremony, the Middletown Township Fire Department will raise a large American flag as a bagpiper plays patriotic music. The service will begin with U.S. Naval Weapons Station Earle Color Guard presenting the colors, followed by a wreath-laying. Middletown Township Fire Chief Bernie Chenoweth will then toll a bell 37 times in memory of the 37 Middletown residents killed that day.

The final toll will initiate a silent candlelit procession through the World Trade Center Memorial Gardens.

The Middletown Survivor Tree is a descendant of the 9/11 Memorial Survivor Tree that endured the World Trade Center terror attacks, and it will be on public display for the first time at the ceremony. It was donated by NYC Parks in May 2022. It is the first clone produced from a cutting of the original tree that was given to a municipality outside of New York City.

Below is a list provided by CNN of Middletown residents who were killed on September 11, 2001. Each victim's name, age, employer and where they died is shown:

• Lorraine D. Antigua, 32; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Stephen J. Cangialosi, 40; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Christopher Newton Carter, 52; Sandler O'Neill & Partners; United States World Trade Center
• Dolores Marie Costa, 53; Fred Alger Management; United States World Trade Center
• Michael Egan, 51; Aon Corp.; United States World Trade Center
• David Francis Ferrugio, 46; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• John Michael Grazioso, 41; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Patrick Aloysius Hoey, 53; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; United States World Trade Center
• Kathleen (Casey) Hunt, 43; Sandler O'Neill & Partners; United States World Trade Center
• Rosanne P. Lang, 42; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Anna A. Laverty, 52; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Peter T. Milano, 43; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Louis Joseph Minervino, 54; Marsh USA; United States World Trade Center
• James Thomas Murphy, 35; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Paul R. Nimbley, 42; Cantor Fitzgerald
• Robert Emmett Parks Jr., 47; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• John M. Pocher, 36; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Richard James Stadelberger, 55; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Anthony M. Ventura, 41; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Rodney James Wotton, 36; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Ronald Michael Breitweiser, 39; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Justin J. Molisani Jr., 42; Euro Brokers Inc.; United States World Trade Center

Belford:

• Jane S. Beatty, 53; Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.; United States World Trade Center
• Nicholas P. Pietrunti, 38; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Leonardo:
• Alfred Braca, 54; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Fairview:

• Danny A. Correa-Gutierrez, 25; Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.; United States World Trade Center

Lincroft:

• Patrick Joseph Buhse, 36; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Locust:

• Swede Joseph Chevalier, 26; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Also memorialized by Middletown at the Middletown Memorial Gardens:

• Donna Bernaerts-Kearns
• Edward Desimone III
• Daniel J. Gallagher
• Felicia Hamilton
• Brendan Mark Lang
• Michael Patrick McDonnell
• John M. Pocher
• Beth Ann Quigley
• Greg Reidy
• Robert Andrew Spencer, 35, Cantor Fitzgerald He lived in Middletown
• Kenneth Tietjen