Connecticut Remembers 161 Victims Of 9/11 With State Ties

Today marks the anniversary of a day we will never forget. The 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is being remembered by all across the country. Many across Connecticut will gather in cities and towns to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost when terrorists crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

With heavy hearts, residents also mourn 161 victims with ties to Connecticut who were killed on Sept. 11. The images of 9/11 remain seared into the memories of all Americans old enough to remember that fateful day, but particularly Connecticut natives, given the state's close proximity to New York City.

The state's official 9/11 memorial ceremony is held at Sherwood Island state park in Westport. Prior to the attacks, the World Trade Center was visible from the park, and state officials thought it fitting to erect a permanent 9/11 memorial at the point at the park.

The inscription reads, "The citizens of Connecticut dedicate this living memorial to the thousands of innocent lives lost on September 11, 2001 and to the families who loved them." When a viewer faces the inscription on the memorial stone they are oriented across the Sound to the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City.

According to the Office of the Governor, there are 161 victims in 9/11 who had ties to Connecticut.

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Here is the full list of victims with ties to Connecticut as provided by the Office of the Governor:

• Laurence Abel
• Bryan C. Bennett
• Jeffrey D. Bittner
• Christopher J. Blackwell, FDNY
• Allen Patrick Boyle
• Alexander Braginsky
• Francis Henry (Frank) Brennan
• Thomas M. Brennan
• Joseph M. Calandrillo
• Edward Calderon
• Sandra Campbell
• Alejandro Castano
• Juan Ceballos
• Stephen P. Cherry
• Kevin F. Cleary, Esq.
• Geoffrey W. Cloud
• Keith Eugene Coleman
• Scott Thomas Coleman
• Margaret Conner
• Kevin P. Connors
• Joseph John Coppo
• Dolores Costa
• Brian Thomas Cummins
• Paul Curioli
• Patrick Danahy
• Anthony Demas
• Lt. Kevin Donnelly, FDNY
• John Bruce Eagleson
• Michael Egan
• Ulf Ramm Ericson
• Eric B. Evans
• Wendy R. Faulkner
• Edward T. Fergus, Jr.
• Bradley Fetchet
• Paul M. Fiori
• John Fiorito
• Bennett Lawson Fisher
• Peter C. Fry
• Richard Peter Gabriel, Sr.
• Richard S. Gabrielle
• James A. Gadiel
• Thomas E. Galvin
• Osseni Mama Garba
• Christopher Samuel Gardner
• Peter Alan Gay
• Peter Gerard Gelinas
• Robert Gerlich
• Lawrence Getzfred
• Evan Hunter Gillette
• Ronald Gilligan
• Steven Lawrence Glick
• Wilder A. Gomez
• Kiran Kumar Reddy Gopu
• Edwin J. Graf, III
• Donald F. Greene
• James A. Greenleaf, Jr.
• Pedro Grehan
• James D. Halvorson
• Sean S. Hanley
• Christine Lee Hanson
• Peter Burton Hanson
• Sue Kim Hanson
• Timothy John Hargrave
• Michele Heidenberger
• H. Joseph Heller
• John Henwood
• Robert Higley, II
• James J. Hobin
• Judith Florence Hofmiller
• Paul R. Hughes
• William Christopher Hunt
• Thomas Edward Hynes
• John F. Iskyan
• Ariel Louis Jacobs
• Michael Grady Jacobs
• Mark Steven Jardim
• Robert Thomas Jordan
• Richard M. Keane
• Peter R. Kellerman
• Maurice Patrick Kelly
• William Hill Kelly, Jr.
• Amy King
• Glenn Davis Kirwin
• Stephen LaMantia
• Gary E. Lasko
• Robert A. Lawrence, Jr.
• Joseph A. Lenihan
• Adam J. Lewis
• Steven B. Lillianthal
• Garry W. Lozier
• Michael J. Lyons
• Edward "Teddy" F. Maloney
• Ada Mason
• Kevin Michael McCarthy
• Juliana McCourt
• Ruth McCourt
• Eamon McEneaney
• Michael G. McGinty
• Francis McGuinn
• William J. Meehan, Jr.
• Eskedar Melaku
• Raymond Joseph Metz, III
• Joel Miller
• Michael M. Miller
• Cheryl Ann Monyak
• Lindsay S. Morehouse
• Jude Moussa
• Cesar A. Murillo
• Christopher William White Murphy
• Daniel Robert Nolan
• Robert W. Noonan
• Timothy M. O'Brien
• Scott J. O'Brien
• James Andrew O'Grady
• Christopher Orgielewicz
• Margaret Quinn Orloske
• Thomas Anthony Palazzo
• James Matthew Patrick
• Mike A. Pelletier
• Joshua Piver
• Roger Mark Rasweiler
• Jean Destrehan
• Roger Sean P. Rooney
• Michael C. Rothberg
• Jason E. Sabbag
• Jesus Sanchez
• Stacey Leigh Sanders
• Sean Schielke
• John B. Schwartz
• Randy Scott
• Barbara A. Shaw
• Michael John Simon
• Heather Lee Smith
• Dianne Bullis Snyder
• Gregory T. Spagnoletti
• George E. Spencer, III
• Derek J. Statkevicus
• Craig William Staub
• Andrew Stergiopoulos
• Madeline Sweeney
• Michael C. Tarrou
• Thomas F. Theurkauf, Jr.
• Eric Raymond Thorpe
• Amy E. Toyen
• Tyler Ugolyn
• Jonathan J. Uman
• Allen V. Upton
• Bradley H. Vadas
• Edward Raymond Vanacore
• Frederick Varacchi
• James Thomas Waters, Jr.
• Jeffrey David Wiener
• Candace Lee Williams
• John P. Williamson
• William Eben Wilson
• David H. Winton
• Christopher W. Wodenshek
• Martin Phillips Wohlforth
• John Works
• Edward P. York
• Charles A. Zion

Reporting from RJ Scofield, Patch Staff was used in this story.

Images via the Twitter Accounts of Gov. Dannel Malloy and Sen. Richard Blumenthal.