Rockland To Mark 21st Anniversary Of 9/11

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — County officials will join family members, clergy, first responders and others to mark the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

The memorial is at Haverstraw Bay County Park, 21 Gagan Road, Haverstraw.

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 AM in remembrance of the attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and again at 9:03 AM in memory of the attack on the South Tower. Five 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, the collapse of the North Tower, and the World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

Those planning to attend the event should arrive by 8:15 a.m. Seating is limited.

For those unable to attend the event in person, it will be live-streamed here on the Rockland County Government Facebook page.