Pair Of Events In Ocean City To Commemorate 9/11 Attacks

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Two ceremonies commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon will take place in Ocean City this weekend.

Ocean City will hold its annual “A Day to Remember” ceremony Monday night. The ceremony in front of the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters between Fifth Street and Sixth Street on Asbury Avenue begins at 7 p.m. All are encouraged to attend.

Becky Wynne will be the guest speaker. Her brother, Richard “Rick” Blood, an executive and volunteer fire marshal, died in the World Trade Center attacks. Their families visit Ocean City every summer in his honor. Their visits include a stop at a boardwalk bench that honors him, where they relish all the happy memories they shared in Ocean City.

The ceremony will include music, prayer and reflections on the memory of lives lost and on the community spirit that was renewed in the wake of the tragedy. The event includes the Striking of the Four Fives, a fire service tradition noting the death of a firefighter in the line of duty.

The event also will include:

• Presentation of Colors: Ocean City Boy Scouts Troop 32
• Flag Salute: Morvay-Miley American Legion Post 524 and Ferguson-Foglio VFW Post 6650
• National Anthem: St. Augustine Prep Men’s A Cappella Chorus
• Invocation: The Rev. John Jamieson, Ocean City Fire Department chaplain
• Introduction of Dignitaries: James Mallon, Ocean City business administrator
• Welcome: Mayor Jay A. Gillian
• Laying of Wreath: Ocean City Police and Fire Departments
• “Amazing Grace”: Bagpiper Jack Meehan
• Remarks and Benediction: Pastor Larry Oksten, St. Peter’s United Methodist Church
• “God Bless America”: Julia Mary Wilson

For more information, call 609-399-6111.

One day earlier, the Ocean City Tabernacle will host a separate service. Sujo John will serve as the keynote speaker at the ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 10, 10:30 a.m. John and his wife, Mary, were among the last survivors of the attacks on the World Trade Center. He has since launched an international evangelical ministry and delivers a passionate and heartfelt message of faith and hope.

This service will honor local heroes and first responders, including the Ocean City police and fire departments and local veterans organizations. For more information, call 609-399-1915.

Attached images provided by Ocean City Public Information Officer Doug Bergen