9/11 Memorials In Point Pleasant, Point Pleasant Beach

POINT PLEASANT, NJ — Americans will be holding remembrance ceremonies Monday to honor the memories of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

In Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach there are no specific ceremonies set but both towns have memorials to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed, which included 19 Ocean County residents.

In Point Pleasant, the memorial is at Community Park, near the pavilion, on Bridge Avenue. In addition to a cross made from a steel beam from the World Trade Center, there is a memorial to Christopher Lunder, who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

In Point Pleasant Beach, the 9/11 memorial is with the borough's other memorials to those killed in wars fighting for the United States, near the band shell at Baltimore and Arnold avenues.

At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died, including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers, according to History.com. At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On United Flight 93, 44 people died when the passengers who realized the plane had been hijacked plane caused the plane to crash in Pennsylvania before it could reach its intended target.

Point Pleasant Beach officials shared a message on the borough's Facebook page: "Today, September 11th, is Patriot Day. It is the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed in suburban Pennsylvania. This day serves as a remembrance of the lives lost on that September morning. The American flag should be flown at half-staff at individual American homes, at the White House, and on all U.S. government buildings and establishments, home and abroad."