Fountain Coming To Middletown WTC Memorial Garden: First Look

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Here's a first look at how the "Rise of Hope” fountain will look once it is built at the Middletown WTC Memorial Gardens. The fountain will feature pieces of the original World Trade Center towers.

The fountain will be located at the end of the memorial walkway. The WTC Memorial Gardens Committee is currently raising funds to help build it.

The gardens honor the 37 Middletown residents who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It is located near the Middletown train station because that is how many of them commuted to work every day in Lower Manhattan.

While the fountain has yet to be built, Middletown made several changes to the memorial gardens this year, including:

• New landscaping, lighting and a walkway of personalized bricks.
• A plaque honoring all first responders and military has been erected.
• The Capriotti Memorial has been put up, dedicated to Detective Lt. Joseph Capriotti and anyone lost to a 9/11-related illnesses. Capriotti was the Middletown Police Detective who personally notified every single Middletown family who had lost a loved one that day. He died in 2019.

If Middletown residents would like to make a tax-deductible donation toward the fountain, they can visit https://middletownremembers911.com/paypal. Monetary donations, no matter how large or small are always very much appreciated.

Checks can be mailed to:

Middletown WTC Memorial Gardens Fund

C/O Mayor's Office

Middletown Municipal Building

1 Kings Highway

Middletown, NJ 07748

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