x
  1. Home
  2.  News
  3.  Local News

Warwick's eleventh 9-11 anniversary ceremony held in Veterans Memorial Park

| 13 Sep 2012 | 01:22
    The names of those local residents inscribed on the Memorial are Elise Wilson, John P. Williamson, Michael Fodor, John Ginley, Stephen Harrell, Bruce Van Hine, Linda Gronlund and Peter Gyulavary.
    The names of those local residents inscribed on the Memorial are Elise Wilson, John P. Williamson, Michael Fodor, John Ginley, Stephen Harrell, Bruce Van Hine, Linda Gronlund and Peter Gyulavary.
    The clear blue skies were a reminder of the same type of day it was 11 years ago when terrorists used hijacked commercial airliners to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
    The clear blue skies were a reminder of the same type of day it was 11 years ago when terrorists used hijacked commercial airliners to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
    Photos by Roger Gavan Additional images can be found online at warwickadvertiser.com Ed Hodas played Taps and then, with the playing of ìAmazing Grace,î the crowd who gathered at the memorial in Warwick left in silence.
    Photos by Roger Gavan Additional images can be found online at warwickadvertiser.com Ed Hodas played Taps and then, with the playing of ìAmazing Grace,î the crowd who gathered at the memorial in Warwick left in silence.
    Warwickís eleventh 9-11 anniversary ceremony was held in Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11.
    Warwickís eleventh 9-11 anniversary ceremony was held in Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11.
    Photo by Ed Bailey Larry Newcomb and Leigh Jonaitis led the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and "God Bless America" during the services in Greenwood Lake Tuesday evening that marked the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
    Photo by Ed Bailey Larry Newcomb and Leigh Jonaitis led the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and "God Bless America" during the services in Greenwood Lake Tuesday evening that marked the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
    Photo by Ed Bailey Greenwood Laker Fire Chief John Rader addresses the people who gathered outside the firehouse Tuesday evening for the Sept. 11 memorial in the Village of Greenwood Lake. The service was sponsored by the fire department and the Amblunce Corps.
    Photo by Ed Bailey Greenwood Laker Fire Chief John Rader addresses the people who gathered outside the firehouse Tuesday evening for the Sept. 11 memorial in the Village of Greenwood Lake. The service was sponsored by the fire department and the Amblunce Corps.

WARWICK — The clear blue skies on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, were a reminder of a similar day 11 years ago when terrorists used hijacked commercial airliners to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
At 8:30 a.m. American Legion Post 214 Commander Frank Gilner welcomed local residents, public officials, veterans, members of the Warwick Police, Ambulance Corps and Fire Departments, representatives of the Warwick Citizens World Trade Center Memorial Committee and others gathered in Veterans Memorial Park. They were there to honor the victims of the attacks, especially those who lived in Warwick.
Post 214 Chaplain Robert Ritzer gave the invocation.
At precisely 8:46 a.m., Warwick’s Dutch Reformed Church, according to its tradition since the first anniversary of 9-11, sounded its bells. It was the time the first aircraft struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Everyone stood silently, heads bowed, as Gilner read off the names of the local residents who perished in the attacks. John Woloszcak struck a bell for each victim beginning with Cynthia Wilson. Her name is not inscribed on the Warwick Citizens World Trade Center Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park but she was in the process of moving to Warwick at that time.
The names of those local residents inscribed on the Memorial are Elise Wilson, John P. Williamson, Michael Fodor, John Ginley, Stephen Harrell, Bruce Van Hine, Linda Gronlund and Peter Gyulavary.
Gilner also invited those present to name any others they wished to honor and several people responded.
The ceremony ended shortly after 9:03 a.m., the time the second aircraft struck the World Trade Center. Ed Hodas played taps and with the playing of “Amazing Grace,” the crowd dispersed in silence.