Middletown's 9/11 Service Will Be At 7 P.M. Monday

MIDDLETOWN, NJ ? Middletown will hold its annual 9/11 ceremony at 7 p.m. this Monday, Sept. 11.

The ceremony will be held in the WTC Memorial Gardens, located next to the Middletown Arts Center (36 Church Street). The tribute will be held rain or shine.

Here are the 37 Middletown residents who were killed in 9/11:

• Lorraine D. Antigua, 32; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Stephen J. Cangialosi, 40; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Christopher Newton Carter, 52; Sandler O'Neill & Partners; United States World Trade Center
• Dolores Marie Costa, 53; Fred Alger Management; United States World Trade Center
• Michael Egan, 51; Aon Corp.; United States World Trade Center
• David Francis Ferrugio, 46; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• John Michael Grazioso, 41; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Patrick Aloysius Hoey, 53; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; United States World Trade Center
• Robert Andrew Spencer, 35 ,worked at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center
• Kathleen (Casey) Hunt, 43; Sandler O'Neill & Partners; United States World Trade Center
• Rosanne P. Lang, 42; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Anna A. Laverty, 52; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Peter T. Milano, 43; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Louis Joseph Minervino, 54; Marsh USA; United States World Trade Center
• James Thomas Murphy, 35; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Paul R. Nimbley, 42; Cantor Fitzgerald
• Robert Emmett Parks Jr., 47; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• John M. Pocher, 36; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Richard James Stadelberger, 55; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Anthony M. Ventura, 41; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Rodney James Wotton, 36; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Ronald Michael Breitweiser, 39; Fiduciary Trust International; United States World Trade Center
• Justin J. Molisani Jr., 42; Euro Brokers Inc.; United States World Trade Center

Belford:

• Jane S. Beatty, 53; Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.; United States World Trade Center
• Nicholas P. Pietrunti, 38; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center
• Leonardo:
• Alfred Braca, 54; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Fairview:

• Danny A. Correa-Gutierrez, 25; Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.; United States World Trade Center

Lincroft:

• Patrick Joseph Buhse, 36; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Locust:

• Swede Joseph Chevalier, 26; Cantor Fitzgerald; United States World Trade Center

Also memorialized at the Middletown Memorial Gardens:

• Donna Bernaerts-Kearns
• Edward Desimone III
• Daniel J. Gallagher
• Felicia Hamilton
• Brendan Mark Lang
• Michael Patrick McDonnell
• John M. Pocher
• Beth Ann Quigley
• Greg Reidy
• Kenneth Tietjen

To see the complete list of names honored at the Middletown Memorial Gardens, go to: http://www.middletownnj.org/content/memorialgardens.html

On Monday night, it will be a silent memorial service to observe the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Prior to the ceremony, the Middletown Township Fire Department will raise a large American flag as a bagpiper plays music. The service will begin with Middletown Township Police Department Honor Guard presenting the colors, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony.

Middletown Township Fire Chief John Waltz Jr. will then toll a bell 37 times in memory of the 37 residents Middletown residents who were killed that day. The final tolling of the bell will begin a silent candlelit procession through the World Trade Center Memorial Gardens.

Please park in the train station lot directly across the street. Police will be directing traffic.

The Middletown Survivor Tree, a descendant of the 9/11 Memorial Survivor Tree that endured the World Trade Center terror attacks, will be on public display.