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MEDIA ADVISORY - PORT AUTHORITY TO HOLD REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 11
Date: Aug 28, 2006
Press Release Number: 56-2006
The Port Authority will hold an Interfaith Remembrance Service at St. Peter’s Church, Barclay and Church streets in Lower Manhattan, at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 11. The service will honor the 84 Port Authority employees who were killed on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
New York Governor George E. Pataki, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will attend and offer words of comfort.
Port Authority Commissioner Christy Ferer Levin, whose husband, former Port Authority Executive Director Neil D. Levin, was killed on 9/11, will read a poem she created entitled, “War and Love: Lift Your Hearts.”
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra String Quartet will perform at the ceremony, and also will play later in the evening for PATH commuters outside the entrance to the World Trade Center Station, located on Church Street, from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Port Authority Police Pipes and Drums and Honor Guard also will be part of the ceremony, and Port Authority Police Officer Raymond Corbo will sing the national anthem.
The memorial service will be broadcast live by New Jersey Public Television (NJN) for viewers in New Jersey, with a rebroadcast at 10 p.m. New Jersey Network will uplink a clean feed of the service on satellite coordinates SBS 6 transponder 2 (KU band analog), downlink frequency 11749.5 vertical, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Media wishing to cover the service should bring photo identification as well as media credentials, and report to the church entrance on Barclay Street.
Contact: Steve Coleman
John McCarthy
Port Authority
212 435-7777
Ed Rodgers
NJN – New Jersey Public Television
609 777-5195
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. |
| Sergeant Robert M. Kaulfers | Kenilworth, N.J. |
| 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. |
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