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Remembering The 9/11 Victims From Merrick

Four of the victims were working for Cantor Fitzgerald when the planes flew into the World Trade Center.

Remembering the 9/11 victims from Merrick.
Remembering the 9/11 victims from Merrick. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

MERRICK, NY — In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, the deadliest terror attack on American soil, Patch remembers the victims from Merrick. There were 281 Nassau County residents who died on 9/11, but that number was increased to 344 based on the length of time in their hometown.

  • Ronnie Gies, 43, FDNY
  • David Grimner,51, Marsh & McLennan, North Tower
  • Aram Iskenderian, 41, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
  • Sean Patrick Lynch, 36, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
  • Farrell Peter Lynch, 39, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
  • Katherine McGarry-Noack, 30, North Merrick, Telekurs USA at Conference
  • Brian Sweeney, 29, FDNY, South Tower
  • John Vaccacio, 30, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower

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