Tuesday, Sept. 11 is the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. There are many local memorial services available for residents.
The Town of Oyster Bay will hold a memorial ceremony on Friday, Sept. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. at Tobay Beach. The town’s memorial monument is inscribed with the names of Town of Oyster Bay residents lost on September 11, 2001. The memorial also features a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center.
The town’s event on Sept. 7 will include a candlelight vigil, vocal performances, bagpipe music and religious readings. In addition, the names of those lost, who are inscribed on the wall, will be read.
Nassau County held a memorial service on Thursday, Sept. 6 at Eisenhower Park.
The 9/11 Memorial, located at the former World Trade Center is open to the public, available for tours. Reservations are required; passes can be obtained at http:// www.911memorial.org/. Tours are available daily, beginning at 10 a.m.
The thousands of names of the men, women, and children killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993, are inscribed on bronze panels surrounding the 9/11 Memorial’s twin pools. Panel locations are available at http://names.911memorial.org/, through an interactive smartphone application and on kiosk directories located within the plaza.
Following is a list of local victims by hometown, name, age and employer, who perished in the attacks.
East Farmingdale:
Anna Debin, 30, Cantor Fitzgerald
Farmingdale:
Capt. Daniel Brethel, 43, FDNY
Vincent G. Danz, 38, NYPD
Erwin L. Erker, 41, Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.
Paul Hamilton Geier, 36, Cantor Fitzgerald
Gary Herold, 44, Aon Corp.
James P. Hopper, 52, Cantor Fitzgerald
Kathy Nancy Mazza-Delosh, 46, Port Authority of NY/NJ
Patrick J. O’Shea, 45, Carr Futures
Massapequa:
George Cain, 35, FDNY
James J. Carson Jr., 32, Cantor Fitzgerald
Capt. Thomas Theodore Haskell Jr., 37, FDNY
Lt. Anthony Jovic, 39, FDNY
Lester Vincent Marino, 57, Forest Electric Corp.
Henry Miller Jr., 52, FDNY
Frank G. Schott, 39, Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.
Lt. Christopher P. Sullivan, 38, FDNY
Massapequa Park:
Ronald George Hoerner, 58, Summit Security Services
Michael J. Pascuma Jr., 50, Harvey Young Yurman Inc.
Timothy A. Roy Sr., 36, NYPD
Melville:
Andrew Anthony Abate, 37, Cantor Fitzgerald
Jeffrey Grant Goldflam, 48, Cantor Fitzgerald
Rocco A. Medaglia, 49, G.M.P. Inc.
North Massapequa:
Peter J. Ganci Jr., 55, FDNY
David Wiswall, 54, Aon Corp.