Tag: Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
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Monroe remembers sacrifices made on 21st anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks
Monroe Township joined communities across the nation to honor the nearly 3,000 people lost from the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The township remembered 21 years late at Memorial Tree Park on Prospect Plains Road on Sept. 11. “On this National Day of Service and remembrance we honor the 9/11 victims, survivors and those…
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Princeton 9/11 ceremony honors those who passed and those struggling in the aftermath
Communities across the country honored those lost and still suffering from the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people 21 years ago on Sept. 11. On Sept. 11, Americans remembered the attacks that killed people in New York, Shanksville, Pa. and Washington D.C. when four passenger airliner planes were hijacked by al-Queda, an Islamic…
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Pennington School displays portion of steel from World Trade Center
A steel piece from the World Trade Center has made its way to The Pennington School, where the steel enclosed in a clear case will be on display at the school for the next year. The steel portion that had been recovered from the World Trade Center site was delivered to the school on the morning…
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Never Forget: East Brunswick remembers 9/11 with candlelight vigil
EAST BRUNSWICK – To commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a candlelight vigil was held in memory for the thousands that perished, which included eight East Brunswick residents. Outside the East Brunswick Municipal Complex, residents gathered under canopies at the 9/11 Monument to remember the tragic events that occurred in New…
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Old Bridge remembers: ‘Need to get back to the unity of Sept. 12, 2001’
OLD BRIDGE – With moments of silence and reflection, the township commemorated the events of Sept. 11, 2001. “Twenty-one years ago, our nation was attacked by those who sought to end our freedom and our way of life,” Mayor Owen Henry said. “Many men and woman earned a title of hero that day. In New…
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Speaker at Lawrence 9/11 ceremony recounts volunteer efforts at Fresh Kills landfill in New York
One of Thomas Brophy’s most enduring memories of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks is the pile of shoes and the dozens of Policemen’s Benevolent Association cards that he sorted through at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, N.Y. As the keynote speaker at Lawrence Township’s annual Sept. 11 memorial service, Brophy shared his…
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Edison takes ‘a pause’ to reflect on Sept. 11, 2001
EDISON – It began as just an ordinary morning on Sept. 11, 2001. Police Chief Thomas Bryan, who was an officer in Internal Affairs at the time with the Edison Police Department (EPD), was talking to a friend on his way to work. Council President Joseph Coyle was at work. Council Vice President Joyce Ship-Freeman…
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Remember: Steel artifact from World Trade Center driven to Hopewell Township 11 years ago
Hopewell Township invites the public to bring a lawn chair for its annual remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. This year’s ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Sept. 10 at Woolsey Park, 221 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville. Eleven years ago – Aug. 16, 2011 – a 10-ton steel artifact from the…
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Mountaineers remember Chris Gray during Sept. 11 ceremony
On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, athletic officials at the University of West Virginia honored three individuals during the football team’s Sept. 11 home game against Long Island University in Morgantown, W. Va. During a ceremony, Mountaineer football fans paid tribute to former West Virginia quarterback…
