Chester Hosts 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

CHESTER, NJ — Mayor of Chester Borough Janet Hoven and Chester Township Mayor Marcia Asdal have extended an invitation to the public to join them for a Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony.

The event, which marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, is planned for Friday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. at the Gregg Froehner 9/11 Memorial in Chester Township’s Chubb Park, at 290 West Main Street.

Froehner, 46, a Chester Township resident, was one of 64 from Morris County who died in the attacks.

Former Port Authority of NJ/NY Police Officer Martin Fong is planning to speak at the event, as well as Hoven and Asdal.

In New York Times and Star-Ledger profiles about Froehner after his death on a special remembrance page, it was written that most didn’t know what this man who lived in Chester Township with his wife and four children and coached Little League, did for a living.

However, he served as a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officer, having already answered the call of duty in 1993, responding to the World Trade Center after terrorists bombed it. With the Emergency Services Unit before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Froehner helped when a situation occurred with an elevator that hit the ceiling in one of the towers.

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Read more about Gregg Froehner here on Remember September 11, 2001.

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