Remembering The Fallen: Honoring Garden City's 9/11 Victims

It's hard to believe it's been 17 years since the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Everyone remembers where they were that day and what they were doing when they heard the news.

But as time marches on, the memories sometimes begin to fade. Children learn about that day in school having not lived it, but only heard about it. That's why now, more than ever, it's important to remember all of the people who died on that day.

Nearly 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 17 years ago. Among those killed were twenty Garden City residents.

Today, and every day, we remember:

• Thomas M. Brennan
• Jonathan Neff Cappello
• Michele T. Coyle-Eulau
• Laurence Damian Curia
• Michael Louis DiAgostino
• William John Dimmling
• Paul Robert Eckna
• Michael Hardy Edwards
• Robert John Ferris
• Ryan Kohart
• David Leistman
• Robert Carroll McLaughlin, Jr.
• James F. Murphy IV
• James Robert Ostrowski
• Avnish Ramanbhai Patel
• James Gregory Smith
• Eric Thomas Steen
• John F. Swaine
• Kevin Thomas Szocik
• Stephen Kevin Tompsett

Click the names above to read more about each person on Newsday.

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