9/11 20th Anniversary Ceremony Planned In Melville

MELVILLE, NY — An event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is in the works for Melville.

The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at the 9/11 memorial at the Melville Fire Department Station 3 on the corner of Old Country Road and New York Avenue.

Rocco Pasquarello, a 9/11 survivor who worked on the 81st floor of Tower II at the time of the attacks, is a volunteer firefighter at Melville and is organizing the event.

Moments of silence will be held at the time of the first and second strike on the towers followed by the readings of the names of the Town of Huntington residents who died that day, according to Pasquarello. The event is anticipated to end around 9:30 a.m.

The Melville Department invited all fire departments in the Town of Huntington; the Huntington Community First Aid Squad; local dignitaries and the residents of Melville to join in the remembrance. More than 300 people have attended the ceremony in the past.