Rockland Ceremonies Mark 20 Years Since 9/11

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — Twenty years have passed since the attack on the World Trade Center, and Rocklanders will gather to remember the residents who died Sept. 11, 2001 and honor those who have died since then of 9/11 related illnesses.

Among the planned events:

County officials will join family members, clergy, first responders and others to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11. Those planning to attend the event should arrive by 8:15 AM. For those unable to attend the event in person, it will be live-streamed on the Rockland County Government Facebook page and will be posted for viewing to the Rockland County Government YouTube page upon completion.

As part of the commemoration, family members will read the names of the Rockland County victims. There will be a tolling of the bell followed by a moment of silent prayer at 8:46 a.m. in remembrance of the attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and again at 9:03 a.m. in memory of the attack on the South Tower. Four more bells will toll in remembrance of the attack on the Pentagon, the collapse of the South Tower, the crash of flight 93 into Shanksville, PA, and the collapse of the North Tower.

WHEN: 8:30 AM, Saturday, September 11, 2021

WHERE: Haverstraw Bay County Park, 21 Gagan Road, Haverstraw, NY

Clarkstown will hold a remembrance ceremony from 5-6 p.m. Sept. 11 at Clarkstown Town Hall.

In Nyack, the remembrance will take place at the Hometown Heroes Memorial in Memorial Park from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

In Orangetown, town officials will hold a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11 on the front lawn at Town Hall to remember those who lost their lives on that day in 2001 and honor those who have passed away from 9/11-related illnesses.

Rockland County's list of 9/11 victims:

Jon L. Albert
Janet M. Alonso
Calixto Anaya, Jr.
Michael J. Armstrong
Japhet Aryee
Thomas J. Ashton
Richard E. Bosco
Alex Chiang
John Coughlin
Welles R. Crowther
Richard Cudina
John D'Allara
Thomas F. Dowd
Bernard D. Favuzza
Seán B. Fegan
Kristen N. Fiedel
Carl M. Flickinger
Thomas J. Foley
Andrew A. Fredericks
Steve Furman
Fredric N. Gabler
Peter J. Ganci, Jr.
Denis P. Germain
John F. Ginley
David M. Graifman
Wanda A. Green
Robert J. Gschaar
Dana R. Hannon
Frederick J. Ill, Jr.
Yudh V. Jain
Farah Jeudy
Vincent Kane
Vanessa Langer
Eric Lehrfeld
Laura M. Longing
Mark G. Ludvigsen
William Lum, Jr.
Myrna T. Maldonado
Joseph D. Maio
Joseph Marchbanks
John D. Marshall
Patricia A. McAneney
Robert G. McCarthy
Thomas McGinnis
Stacey Sennas McGowan
Dennis P. McHugh
Michael E. McHugh, Jr.
Donald J. McIntyre
Robert W. McPadden
John Monahan
Luke Nee
Gerard T. Nevins
Brian C. Novotny
Dennis J. O'Connor, Jr.
Gerald T. O'Leary
David Ortiz
Vincent A. Princiotta
Kevin Reilly
Vernon A. Richard
Joseph Roberto
Michael E. Roberts
James Romito
John J. Ryan
Fred C. Scheffold, Jr.
Thomas G. Schoales
Christopher J. Scudder
Mohammed Shajahan
Greg Sikorsky
Arthur Simon
Kenneth Simon
Catherine T. Smith
Robert W. Spear, Jr.
Craig W. Staub
Loretta Ann Vero
Benjamin J. Walker
Weibin Wang
Steven J. Weinberg
Michael T. Wholey
James J. Woods
David T. Wooley
Robert W. Kirkpatrick

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