Toms River Sept 11 Ceremony Set For Tuesday

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Toms River's fire companies will gather at the Firefighter Memorial in downtown Toms River on Tuesday as the town marks the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The ceremony is hosted by Toms River Fire Companies 1 and 2 and will begin at 9:30 a.m.The statue is at the corner of Washington Street and Robbins Street in downtown Toms River. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held inside Toms River Town Hall.

In addition to the Sept. 11 ceremony, Toms River's fire companies will have a ceremony on Sept. 29 with a flag that flew over the rubble of the World Trade Center in the days after the attacks. The flag, which has since flown at various U.S. military sites, will be flown for 9 minutes, 11 seconds at each of the six fire companies and at the Toms River Fire Academy, where a final ceremony will be held at 4 p.m.

Among the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were more than 400 emergency personnel; 343 firefighters, 60 police officers and eight paramedics died when the Twin Towers collapsed that morning.

Also among those killed at the World Trade Center were 21 people from Ocean County, including two from Toms River and one person from Beachwood.

They are listed here; the names have been compiled from several sources.

• John Badagliacca, of Brick and Staten Island.
• Brett T. Bailey of Brick
• Christopher S. Cramer of Manahawkin
• John Robert Cruz of Jersey City, formerly of Lakewood
• Robert P. Devitt Jr. of Plainsboro, a 1983 graduate of Brick Township High School
• Michael D. Diehl of Brick
• Patrick Joseph Driscoll of Point Pleasant Beach
• Patricia M. Fagan of Toms River
• Harvey J. Gardner III of Lakewood
• William H. Kelly Jr. of Long Beach Township
• Robert C. "Bob" Kennedy of Toms River
• Joseph Mangano of Jackson
• Fred Morrone of Lakewood
• Edward K. Oliver of Jackson
• Jon A. Perconti of Brick
• Susan M. Pollio of Long Beach Township
• James Sands Jr. of Brick
• Raphael "Ralph" Scorca of Beachwood
• Thomas Sgroi of Brick
• Catherine Smith of Long Beach Township
• Christopher M. Traina of Brick

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