Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony Set In Bernards

BERNARDS, NJ — Bernards will observe the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with a community gathering at the memorial site at Harry Dunham Park.

The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 at 490 Somerville Road in the Basking Ridge section of town.

Nearly 3,000 Americans, including 18 from Basking Ridge, were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida.

On the 22nd anniversary of the attacks, Bernards remembers and mourns:

• David Otey Campbell, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Stephen Patrick Dimino, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• John William Farrell, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Louis V. Fersini, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Michael Bradley Finnegan, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Christopher Hugh Forsythe, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Steven Gregory Genovese, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Robert John Halligan, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Kevin James Hannaford, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• John Clinton Hartz, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Matthew T. McDermott, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Stacey S. McGowan, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Ludwig J. Picarro, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Stephen E. Poulos, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Timothy Patrick Soulas, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Craig William Staub, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• William Randolph Tieste, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center
• Frank Thomas "Paul" Wisniewski, Basking Ridge, World Trade Center

Each year, the ceremony concludes with a period of silent reflection and show of community support.

The ceremony will be held rain or shine.

Most 9/11 victims were from either New York or New Jersey, where many who lived across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center recall the horror of watching the twin towers collapse from their homes in Hoboken and Jersey City.

More than 2,700 people died at the World Trade Center alone on 9/11, including the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175. Another 184 were killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and 44 died on United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.