Press Release Article

PORT AUTHORITY TO HOLD REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 11

Date: Sep 02, 2004
Press Release Number: 109-2004

Wife of Former Executive Director Will Offer Words of Comfort;
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 have been invited to 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.

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.

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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.
Officer James W. Parham	Jackson Heights, N.Y.
Nancy E. Perez	Union City, N.J.
Officer Dominick A. Pezzulo	Bronx, N.Y.
Eugene J. Raggio	Staten Island, N.Y.
Judith Reese	Kearny, N.J.
Officer Bruce A. Reynolds	Columbia, N.J.
Francis S. Riccardelli	Westwood, N.J.
Officer Antonio J. Rodrigues	Port Washington, N.Y.
Officer Richard Rodriguez	Cliffwood, N.J.
Chief James A. Romito	Westwood, N.J.
Kalyan K. Sarkar	Westwood, N.J.
Anthony Savas	Astoria, N.Y.
Officer John P. Skala	Clifton, N.J.
Edward T. Strauss	Edison, N.J.
Officer Walwyn W. Stuart	Valley Stream, N.Y.
Officer Kenneth F. Tietjen	Matawan, N.J.
Lisa L. Trerotola	Hazlet, N.J.
Officer Nathaniel Webb	Jersey City, N.J.
Simon Weiser	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Officer Michael T. Wholey	Westwood, N.J.
Louie Williams	Bronx, N.Y.