Hudson County will never forget the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack in which many residents, loved ones, and community members lost their lives,
Nearly 20 years after the horrific incident, municipalities are honoring the dead with memorial services and other ceremonies.
Bayonne lights up Tear Drop Memorial
The September 11th Bayonne Remembers Committee announced that an in-person memorial ceremony would not be held in 2020.
Instead, a “Tribute by Light” at the Teardrop Memorial will honor the dead on September 10, 11, and 12 from 9 p.m. to midnight.
In 2007, the committee dedicated separate monuments for each of Bayonne’s victims: Patricia Cushing, Kenneth Tarantino, Steven Morello, Gavin McMahon, Orarsi Liangthanasarn, John Fisher, Razmi Doany, Colleen Deloughery, John Cooper, Ana Centeno, Alysia Basmajian, and William Macko.
Hoboken honors the dead
Hoboken lost 56 residents, the most of any ZIP code outside of New York.
The public is invited to attend the city’s annual September 11th Interfaith Memorial Service on Friday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. on Pier A next to the Hoboken 9/11 Memorial in the northwest area of the park.
Social distancing and masks are required.
The memorial is aligned the World Trade Center site. It includes a steel beam and a glass panel illuminated at night, engraved with the names of the dead.
The memorial is within the grove of ginkgo trees, planted as a living memorial.
The perimeter of the grove includes steel plates engraved with quotes from those who were there that day.
Jersey City reflects and donates blood
Jersey City lost 37 residents.
The ceremony will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the 9/11 memorial of twisted steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, on Grand Street and the Hudson River.
The sixth annual Jersey City Police and Fire 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive will be held on Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in the Hudson Ballroom at 2 Exchange Place.
Parking will be validated at One Parking, 10 Exchange Place.
Donors are strongly encouraged to make appointments at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time
COVID-19 guidelines will be observed at all times.
North Hudson remembers the fallen
North Bergen will also host a Tribute in Light on Sept. 11, in conjunction with the Hudson County Board of Commissioners.
Twin blue lights will be installed near Waterside Restaurant between Sept. 9 and 13.
Four North Bergen residents were killed: Christopher Amoroso, NBHS Class of 1990; Robert Cirri, NBHS Class of 1980; Sal Edward Tieri, NBHS Class of 1978; and David LaMagne.
Secaucus will hold a memorial ceremony at Buchmuller Park on Sept. 11 at 8:30 a.m.
A plaque in front of the Secaucus Library is engraved with the names of the six Secaucus residents who died: Arlene Babakitis, Richard Cudina, Nancy Perez, Kenneth Simon, Steven Strobert, and Michael Tanner.
Four worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, which occupied the 101st to 105th floors of World Trade Center 1. No employee in the Cantor offices at the time of the attack survived.
Guttenberg will hold a Remembrance Ceremony on Sept. 11 at 9:30 a.m. at Town Hall at 6808 Park Ave., presented by Mayor Wayne Zitt and the Town Council.
Two Guttenberg residents died: Rebecca Lee Koborie and Lt. Robert Cirri, a Port Authority Police Officer who was among the first responders who went into the North Tower.
Plans for Union City, West New York, and Weehawken had not been confirmed at press time.
Three Union City residents died: Gary Bright, Jorge Luis Leon, and Alejo Perez. Three West New York residents died: William Cashman, Michael Colbert, and Paul Eckna. Five Weehawken residents died: Juan Pablo Alvarez Cisneros, Eric Evans, Christopher Gray, Peter Klein, and Robert Vicario.
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