Nassau County To Stream 9/11 Ceremony Online

EAST MEADOW, NY — Nassau County will hold its annual remembrance service for those who died on Sept. 11 in-person this year, and will also stream it online.

The county will commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an outdoor service at the county's memorial at Eisenhower Park on Sept. 10 at 4:30 p.m. The memorial is located on the pond in the park. In addition to the in-person service, the ceremony will also be streamed on the county's website at Nassaucountyny.gov/September11.

To help with social distancing, residents are asked to attend the virtual ceremony instead of arriving in person. Space at the memorial will be prioritized for family members of the victims and for first responders.

“The passing of time will not dim the memory of that day or weaken the spirit of our residents and heroic first responders,” said Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. “We will honor the bravery and heroism shown by our first responders and everyday people who stepped up during a time of crisis, while commemorating and reflecting on those we lost and continue to lose.”

The ceremony will include surviving family members reading of names of residents who lost their lives in the attacks. The 9/11 Memorial at Eisenhower Park features plaques inscribed with the names of the 348 Nassau County victims who lost their lives on that day, along with two semi-transparent aluminum towers, representing the World Trade Center towers, and two pieces of steel recovered from the World Trade Center.