9/11 Survivor Among Valentine's Day Weddings Celebrated At West Haven City Hall

Press release from the City of West Haven:

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): Mayor and longtime Justice of the Peace Dorinda Borer, holding a marriage certificate, officiates the marriage of Christine Gonda and Mickey Kross in the Harriet C. North Community Room at City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Gonda and Kross, who live on West Walk, were among five West Haven couples united in matrimony on Valentine’s Day as part of an annual service sponsored by the city clerk’s office, which offers free weddings to couples who apply for a marriage license at City Hall.

Kross, a retired New York City Fire Department lieutenant, responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers in Manhattan’s World Trade Center complex and survived the collapse of the north tower. He later donated the black FDNY lieutenant helmet he wore on 9/11 to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at ground zero.

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