This week marks the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and our community is still mourning the loss of several native sons and daughters. These men and women have been immortalized, however, as their names are engraved in the monument at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan, which opened to the public this past May.
Locals who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald and were killed in the attacks include Joseph A. Kelly, 40, and Edward Joseph Papa, 47, both of Oyster Bay; Thomas Mahon, 37, and Christopher Paul Slattery, 31, both of East Norwich; Bernard E. Patterson, 46, of Upper Brookville; and Brooke Jackman, 23, of Mill Neck.
John Ballantine Niven, 44, of Oyster Bay, worked for Aon Corp. Jonathon Steven Ryan, 32, of Bayville, worked for Euro Brokers. Christopher Ciafardini, 30, of East Norwich, worked for Fred Alger Management.
The town held a ceremony earlier this week, and the annual Read-a-thon organized by the Brooke Jackman Foundation took place last weekend at Barnes & Noble Tribeca. The foundation, a non-profit, public 501(c)(3) organization, was created in October 2001 in response to the September 11 attack. The foundation honors Jackman’s legacy: a deep love of reading and a profound interest in helping children. Every May they hold the “Race for Literacy” in Oyster Bay.
