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Westchester To Unveil 9/11 1st Responder Memorial
The unveiling will take place on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at The Rising.
VALHALLA, NY — Westchester County will be commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the county's September 11th Memorial in Valhalla — The Rising.
The ceremony this year will include the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the first responders who lost their lives from 9/11-related illnesses.
It will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kensico Dam Plaza and will be live-streamed on Westchester County's Facebook page.
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The Rising incorporates the names of all Westchester residents who died on Sept. 11, 2001, the communities in which they lived and a quote about them from their loved ones.
The people who died on Sept. 11, 2001, as provided by the county, are:
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- William Abrahamson
- Peter Craig Alderman
- Kazuhiro Anai
- Sharon Balkcom
- Yelena Belilovsky
- Michael J. Berkeley
- George Bishop
- Michael A. Boccardi
- Michelle Renee Bratton
- Thomas M. Brennan
- Jonathan Eric Briley
- Mark Brisman
- Lloyd Brown
- Ronald Bucca
- Tom Burke
- Mary T. Caulfield
- Alex Ciccone
- Kevin Francis Cleary
- Robert J. Coll
- Helen Crossin-Kittle
- Joan Cullinan
- Patrick W. Danahy
- Dwight Darcy
- Marisa DiNardo
- Simon Dedvukaj
- Simon A. Dhanani
- John J. Doherty
- Christopher Michael Duffy
- Paul Fiori
- Thomas Fitzpatrick
- Kevin Joseph Frawley
- Alan W. Friedlander
- John Patrick Gallagher
- Charles Garbarini
- Peter Gelinas
- Kieran Joseph Gorman
- Yugi Goya
- Gary Haag
- Richard B. Hall
- Vincent Halloran
- W. Ward Haynes
- Nobuhiro Hayatsu
- Katsuyuki Hirai
- Thomas Warren Hohlweck, Jr.
- Montgomery McCullogh Hord
- Louis Steven Inghilterra
- Ariel Louis Jacobs
- Arthur Joseph Jones
- Douglas G. Karpiloff
- Satoshi Kikuchihara
- Takashi Kinoshita
- Glenn Kirwin
- Richard J. Klares
- Gary Koecheler
- Vanessa Langer
- Denis Lavelle
- Joseph Leavey
- Michael A. Lepore
- Richard Lynch, Jr.
- Michael J. Lyons
- Katie Marie McCloskey
- John T. McErlean, Jr.
- Francis McGuinn
- Michael McHugh, Jr.
- Barry J. McKeon
- Robert C. McLaughlin, Jr.
- Christopher D. Mello
- Yamel Merino
- William Minardi
- Krishna V. Moorthy
- George Morell
- Dennis Moroney
- Takuya Nakamura
- Soichi Numata
- James A. Oakley
- Diana J. O'Connor
- Amy O'Doherty
- Marni Pont O'Doherty
- Samuel Oitice
- Sean Gordon Corbett O'Neill
- Chris Orgielewicz
- Timothy F. O'Sullivan
- Michael B. Packer
- Thomas Palazzo
- James Nicholas Pappageorge
- William H. Pohlmann
- Hemanth Kumar Puttur
- Vincent A. Princiotta
- Valsa Raju
- Robert A. Rasmussen
- John Reo
- Joseph R. Riverso
- Gregory E. Rodriguez
- Edward Ryan
- Tatiana Ryjova
- Sam Salvo
- Eric Sand
- Robert Scandole
- Marian Serva
- Daniel Shea
- Joseph Shea
- Linda Sheehan
- Thomas J. Shubert
- Allan Shwartzstein
- David Silver
- Michael John Simon
- Thomas E. Sinton, III
- Rochelle M. Snell
- Robert Speisman
- Joseph P. Spor, Jr.
- Timothy C. Stout
- John Swaine
- Sean Patrick Tallon
- Michael A. Tamuccio
- Kenichiro Tanaka
- Joanna Vidal
- Jeffrey Walz
- James Arthur Waring
- Timothy Matthew Welty
- William Wik
- Marc Zeplin
- Ivelin Ziminski
- Joseph J. Zuccala
The full list of names included in this first round of engraving for the first responders memorial include:
- Firefighter - Gary S Allo – White Plains Fire Department
- Police Officer – Christopher M Barry – NYPD
- Sergeant - Patrick J Boyle – NYPD
- Sergeant - Patrick T Coyne – NYPD
- Battalion - Chief Kevin R Byrnes – FDNY
- John M Cozza – Construction Industry
- Emergency Medical Technician – Luis De Pena, Jr – FDNY
- Police Officer Kenneth X Domenech – NYPD
- Police Officer Nicholas G Finelli - NYPD
- Lieutenant - Clark W Douglass – White Plains Fire Department
- Firefighter – Daniel R Foley – FDNY
- Detective - Mark S Gado – New Rochelle Police Department
- Richard A Grace – Construction Industry
- Commissioner Peter S Guyett – Yonkers Fire Department
- Firefighter – Herbert D Harriott – Rye Fire Department
- Police Officer – Joseph F Heid – NYPD
- Detective – Michael A Houlahan – NYPD
- John A Lo Bianco – Construction Industry
- Police Officer – Anthony Maggiore – Yonkers Police Department
- Executive Director – Stephan Hittmann – FDNY
- Firefighter – Gary S Martin – White Plains Fire Department
- Lieutenant – Roy D McLaughlin – Yonkers Police Department
- Firefighter – Robert A Mentrasti – Fairview Fire Department
- Detective – James W Monahan - NYPD
- Police Officer - Walter L Mallinson – Harrison Police Department
- Lieutenant – John W Moran – FDNY
- Firefighter – Kevin J Nolan – FDNY
- Police Officer – Kathleen O’Connor Funigello – New Rochelle Police Department
- Firefighter – John V Peteani Jr – Yonkers Fire Department
- Firefighter – Michael R O’Hanlon – FDNY
- Firefighter – Eduardo A Rivera – Yonkers Fire Department
- Detective - Joseph E Seabrook - NYPD
- Captain – Robert J Spatta – Croton on the Hudson Fire Department
- Deputy Chief – Frank G Strollo – New Rochelle Fire Department
- Captain – Ronald G Peifer SR – FDNY
- Captain - Dennis P Tortorella – Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department
- Firefighter – Neill S Tyndal JR – Yonkers Fire Department
- Detective – Charles J Wassil JR – Peekskill Police Department
- Lieutenant – Marden C Wolf – White Plains Fire Department
- James P Sullivan - New York City Transit Authority
- Sergeant – Peter C Woods – NYPD, Hartsdale Fire Commissioner & Co-Chair Westchester County 9/11 First Responders Memorial
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