BY THE ISLAND 360 STAFF
A year after placing a steel beam from the World Trade Center to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Town of North Hempstead will be hosting a memorial service at Manhasset Valley Park that Sunday morning.
The ceremony, officials said, will take place at 8:15 a.m. Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena and Clerk Ragini Srivastava discussed the importance the attacks continue to have on the North Hempstead community.
“As we prepare to observe the 21st Anniversary of these tragic attacks on America, it is important that we commemorate this day as the passage of time does not diminish the tragedy that our nation suffered,” DeSena said. “56 North Hempstead residents lost their lives in the attacks, so it is especially significant that we come together as a community each year to honor their memory.”
“We will gather in somber reflection and commemoration of those lost in the tragic events of Sept. 11,” Srivastava said. “On this 21st Anniversary, may we continue to heal and rededicate ourselves to peace throughout the world.”
Officials presented the 19-foot monument, a steel beam salvaged from the wreckage, with a plaque listing the names of the 56 North Hempstead residents who died directly in front of it.
The beam is visible from the LIRR overpass, the rail line so many of the victims took on their way to work that day. It is also pointed and angled directly at ground zero, 17 miles away.
Other municipalities and villages throughout the North Shore are holding their respective ceremonies in commemoration of the anniversary.
Residents are invited to join the Floral Park Board of Trustees and Fire Department to honor those whose lives were lost twenty-one years ago.
A commemorative service will be held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 11 at the Relic Memorial located in front of Village Hall located at One Floral Boulevard.
Mineola’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony will take place Sunday at 8:30 a.m. in Memorial Park.
Williston Park will be holding a ceremony at Kelleher Memorial Field at the corner of Stratford Avenue and Syracuse Street on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 4 p.m.
East Williston will hold a remembrance ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at on the village green.
A reading of the names will take place to pause and reflect on lives of Michael Cahill, Jonathan Connors, Robert Jordan, Thomas Kuveikis and Peter Owens Jr.
A candle lighting will take place and a wreath will be placed on the Sept. 11 memorial.
The 9-11 Memorial Service will be at Manorhaven Village Hall, 33 Manorhaven Blvd., at noon on Sunday, Sept. 11. In their reflections on that day at Ground Zero, they will commemorate the victims, the heroes and their families. Light refreshments will follow.
