Orange County To Honor 44 Residents Who Died On 9/11

GOSHEN, NY — Orange County will honor the memory of 44 of its residents who died Sept. 11, 2001, at a ceremony at the Orange County Arboretum at Thomas Bull Memorial Park.

The 20th Anniversary September 11th Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Saturday.

County Executive Steven Neuhaus the terrorist attacks on 9/11 left an indelible mark on the community.

"This beautiful ceremony helps us all to remember and honor the Orange County residents we lost that day," he said.

As part of the program, Neuhaus and William Bratton Jr. will read short biographies with information about the 44 county residents. Bratton and his wife Mary lost their 23-year-old daughter, Michelle Renee Bratton, on 9/11.

Michelle Bratton, a Pine Bush High School graduate, was working as an executive assistant in the eSpeed Division of Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of Tower One.

Families and survivors of 9/11, families of local military personnel and veterans are invited to participate in the remembrance ceremony and join the procession by assembling at the Arboretum’s Ottaway Education Center at 5:30 p.m. The procession will begin at 5:55 p.m. followed promptly by the ceremony.

The 44 Residents Lost on Sept. 11, 2001

• David D. Alger, Tuxedo Park
• Michael E. Asher, Monroe
• Matthew E. Barnes, FDNY, Monroe
• Capt. Frank J. Callahan, FDNY, Bloomingburg
• Jason M. Coffey, Town of Newburgh
• BC Dennis L. Devlin, FDNY, Washingtonville
• Francis J. Feely, Middletown
• Lt. Michael N. Fodor, FDNY, Warwick
• Lt. John F. Ginley, FDNY, Warwick
• Linda Kristine Gronlund, Greenwood Lake
• Robert Hamilton, FDNY, Washingtonville
• Ronnie Lee Henderson, FDNY, Newburgh
• Chris Michael Kirby, Scotchtown
• Kenneth J. Marino, FDNY, Monroe
• Douglas C. Miller, FDNY, Port Jervis
• Lynne I. Morris, Monroe
• Lt. Glenn C. Perry, FDNY, Monroe
• Carmen A. Rivera, Westtown
• Michael Trinidad, Newburgh
• Donald J. Tuzio, Goshen
• David M. Weiss, FDNY, Maybrook
• Chief John P. Williamson, FDNY, Warwick
• Carl F. Asaro, FDNY, Middletown
• Lt. Gregg A. Atlas, FDNY, Howells
• Michelle Renee Bratton, Westtown
• Michael Cammarata, FDNY, Huguenot
• Daniel M. Coffey, Town of Newburgh
• Thomas Dowd, Harriman
• Lt. Peter L. Freund, FDNY, Westtown
• Denis P. Germain, FDNY, Tuxedo
• John Giordano, FDNY, Town of Newburgh
• Peter Mark Gyulavary, Warwick
• Lt. Stephen G. Harrell, FDNY, Warwick
• Thomas P. Holohan, Jr., FDNY, Chester
• Kenneth B. Kumpel, FDNY, Cornwall
• Edward Mazzella, Jr., Monroe
• Michael Montesi, FDNY, Highland Mills
• Gerard T. Nevins, FDNY, Campbell Hall
• Donald J. Regan, FDNY, Pine Bush
• Paul G. Ruback, FDNY, Newburgh
• Eric Raymond Thorpe, Tuxedo Park
• Richard Van Hine, FDNY, Greenwood Lake
• Mark P. Whitford, FDNY, Salisbury Mills
• Martin M. Wortley, Harriman