THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ
Press Release Article
PORT AUTHORITY TO HOLD REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 11
Date: Sep 08, 2004
Press Release Number: 111-2004
Daughter of Port Authority Police Officer Will Light Candles in Tribute to the Fallen
The Port Authority will hold an Interfaith Remembrance Service at St. Peter’s Church, Barclay and Church streets in Lower Manhattan, at noon on Saturday, September 11, 2004. The service will honor the 84 Port Authority employees who were tragically killed on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Port Authority Commissioner Christy Ferer Levin of New York, N.Y., whose husband, Port Authority Executive Director Neil D. Levin, was killed on September 11, will offer words of comfort. Valerie Webb of Jersey City, N.J., daughter of fallen Port Authority Police Officer Nathaniel Webb, will light two candles in a tribute.
New York Governor George E. Pataki, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will attend the ceremony. The program also will include performances by Morris Robinson of the Metropolitan Opera and the St. Peter’s Church Choir.
The memorial service will be broadcast live by NJN Public Television for viewers in New Jersey. NY 1 will broadcast the ceremony live in New York. NJN will uplink a clean feed of the service on satellite Galaxy 3C (Ku-Band), transponder 10- Channel C (symbol rate: 6.1113, FEC: _) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Media wishing to cover the Interfaith Remembrance Service should bring photo identification as well as media credentials, and report to the church entrance on Barclay Street.
Contact: Tony Ciavolella
Port Authority
212 435-7777
On September 11, 2001, the Port Authority family lost 84 of its members in the attacks on the World Trade Center. This roll call of names bears witness to the countless acts of heroism and bravery demonstrated by our fallen colleagues, many of whom directed the greatest rescue in U.S. history before they made the ultimate sacrifice. Although they have passed, they will remain forever in our hearts.
| Joseph Amatuccio | Ozone Park, N.Y. |
| Officer Christopher C. Amoroso | Staten Island, N.Y. |
| Jean A. Andrucki | Hoboken, N.J. |
| Richard A. Aronow | Mahwah, N.J. |
| Ezra Aviles | Commack, N.Y. |
Arlene T. Babakitis | Secaucus, N.J. |
| James W. Barbella | Oceanside, N.Y. |
| Officer Maurice V. Barry | Rutherford, N.J. |
| Margaret L. Benson | Rockaway, N.J. |
| Daniel D. Bergstein | Teaneck, N.J. |
| Edward Calderon | Jersey City, N.J. |
| Officer Liam Callahan | Rockaway, N.J. |
| Lieutenant Robert D. Cirri | Nutley, N.J. |
| Carlos Dacosta | Elizabeth, N.J. |
| Dwight D. Darcy | Bronxville, N.Y. |
| Niurka Davila | New York, N.Y. |
| Officer Clinton Davis | Massapequa, N.Y. |
| Frank A. De Martini | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| William F. Fallon | Rocky Hill, N.J. |
| Stephen J. Fiorelli | Aberdeen, N.J. |
| John Fisher | Hoboken, N.J. |
| Officer Donald A. Foreman | Staten Island, N.Y. |
| Officer Gregg J. Froehner | Chester, N.J. |
| Barry H. Glick | Wayne, N.J. |
| Rosa Gonzalez | Jersey City, N.J. |
| Officer Thomas E. Gorman | Middlesex, N.J. |
| Joseph F. Grillo | Staten Island, N.Y. |
| Ken G. Grouzalis | Lyndhurst, N.J. |
| Patrick A. Hoey | Middletown, N.J. |
| Officer Uhuru G. Houston | Englewood, N.J. |
| Officer George G. Howard | Hicksville, N.Y. |
| Officer Stephen Huczko | Hampton, N.J. |
| Inspector Anthony P. Infante Jr | Chatham, N.J. |
| Prem N. Jerath | Edison, N.J. |
| Mary S. Jones | New York, N.Y. |
| Officer Paul W. Jurgens | Levittown, N.Y. |
| Deborah H. Kaplan | Paramus, N.J. |
| Douglas G. Karpiloff | Mamaroneck, N.Y. |
| Edward T. Keane | West Caldwell, N.J. |
| Frank Lalama | Nutley, N.J. |
| Officer Paul Laszczynski | Paramus, N.J. |
| Officer David P. Lemagne | North Bergen, N.J. |
| Officer John J. Lennon | Howell, N.J. |
| Officer John D. Levi | Lexington, N.Y. |
| Executive Director, Neil D. Levin | New York, N.Y. |
| Margaret S. Lewis | Elizabeth, N.J. |
| Officer James F. Lynch | Woodbridge, N.J. |
| Robert H. Lynch | Cranford, N.J. |
| Myrna Maldonado | Bronx, N.Y. |
| Captain Kathy Mazza | South Farmingdale, N.Y. |
| Officer Walter A. McNeil | East Stroudsberg, PA. |
| Deborah A. Merrick | New York, N.Y. |
| Officer Donald J. McIntyre | New City, N.Y. |
| Susan Miszkowicz | New York, N.Y. |
| Supt. of Police Fred V. Morrone | Lakewood, N.J. |
| Nancy Muniz | Ridgewood (Queens), N.Y. |
| Officer Joseph M. Navas | Paramus, N.J. |
| Pete Negron | Bergenfield, N.J. |
| Officer James Nelson | Clark, N.J. |
| Officer Alfonse J. Niedermeyer | Manasquan, N.J. |
| David Ortiz | Nanuet, N.Y. |
| Pablo Ortiz | Staten Island, N.Y. |