PHOTOS: Fairfield 9/11 Memorial Unveiled At Oak Lawn Cemetery

FAIRFIELD, CT — Around 100 people took part in an unveiling ceremony Tuesday evening for a new 9/11 memorial and accompanying plaque that now stand at the back of Oak Lawn Cemetery & Arboretum.

The memorial, which is composed of two 8-foot granite towers, was the brainchild of Dean Powers, longtime groundskeeper at the facility.

He had worked carefully on its design, but then died in June, 2020, never seeing the finished work.

Special acknowledgement was also made of the garden area he created nearby, which went from being an overgrown entanglement to part of the Pollinator Pathway.

“I can’t believe how great it looks,” said Bronson Hawley, chair of Oak Lawn. “It is a gift to us from him and we will cherish it forever, and we will honor him.”

Along with various attendees at the ceremony held in the far southeast corner of the immense facility, Jed Glick, of Summit, New Jersey, was the guest of honor.

His brother, Jeremy Glick, was on Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, and was among the group of men who fought back against the terrorists onboard, with the flight ultimately crashing near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Jed Glick did not speak during the ceremony, but did the unveiling of an accompanying stone plaque next to the memorial that was inscribed with the words, “OK, let’s roll,” which were said by one of the martyrs of Flight 93.

“It's always an honor to see the time and energy people spend,” Glick said of the ceremony and memorials. “I’m happy to support that.”

“We all remember where we were 20 years ago,” said First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, who spoke of the grieving done by everyone in the country.

She called the memorial a very special one in a very special setting.