Remembering The Six Secaucus Residents Killed On Sept. 11, 2001

SECAUCUS, NJ — The town of Secaucus will hold its annual 9/11 service at 8:30 a.m. this Wednesday, Sept. 11. All are invited to attend.

The service is usually held in front of the town library, but due to that ongoing construction work, it will be held instead at Buchmuller Park.

There is a plaque in front of the Secaucus library bearing the names of the six Secaucus residents who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. They are:

Arlene T. Babakitis, 47, Secaucus, E-ZPass Coordinator with the Port Authority. She had a 30-year career working with the Port Authority and lived with her two teenage sons in Secaucus when she was killed.

Richard Joseph Cudina, 46, Glen Gardner, formerly of Secaucus, a bond broker with Cantor Fitzgerald

Nancy Perez, 36, lived in Secaucus, worked in customer relations for the Port Authority

Kenneth Alan Simon, 34, Secaucus, equities trader for Cantor Fitzgerald, worked on the 102nd floor of Tower 1

Steven F. Strobert, 33, a Secaucus native who had recently moved to Ridgewood. He worked as a trader for Cantor, where he had worked for the past 11 years. 20 minutes before the towers were hit, he called his wife to let her know he had gotten to work OK. An avid Jets fan, who had season tickets although they were for terrible seats, his family recalled. Known for his elaborate tail-gate parties at the stadium.

Michael Anthony Tanner, 44, lived in Secaucus, a trader with Cantor. Nicknamed "Tiny" because of his tall height. He was a husband and a father who grew up in Secaucus. He was a star football player in high school and went on to Cornell University, where he lettered in football for all four years as the quarterback, according to The Local Malcontent, a local Secaucus blog.

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