Edison To Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony On Thursday

EDISON, NJ - The Township of Edison will be holding its annual 9/11 memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks 24 years ago.

The ceremony begins at 6 p.m. at the Papaianni Park 9/11 Memorial Fountain.

Mayor Sam Joshi, Council members, along with Edison's first responders, will be present during the ceremony. They will reflect on the event and the lives lost.

Nearly 3,000 Americans, including 12 from Edison and Metuchen, were killed in the suicide attacks carried out by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida.

Those who lost their lives include:

• Prem Nath Jerath, Edison, World Trade Center
• Sheldon R. Kanter, Edison, World Trade Center
• Vincent Anthony Laieta, Edison, World Trade Center
• Brian E. Martineau, Edison, World Trade Center
• Kaaria Mbaya, Edison, World Trade Center
• Manish K. Patel, Edison, World Trade Center
• Deepika Kumar Sattaluri, Edison, World Trade Center
• Scott M. Schertzer, Edison, World Trade Center
• Edward T. Strauss, Edison, World Trade Center
• Tariq Amanullah, Metuchen, World Trade Center
• Eustace "Rudy" Bacchus, Metuchen, World Trade Center
• Cynthia L. Connolly, Metuchen, World Trade Center

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.