9/11 Victims From The Five Towns + Hospital Fire

Happy Sunday, people of Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Five Towns today.

Yesterday, the Five Towns remembered those from the area lost on 9/11, from hero firefighters to local residents who went to work that day 20 years ago. Others managed to escape, and told their stories again this week.

A missing teenager was found safe. Students at one Nassau high school planned to walk out to protest masks. And a fire erupted at St. John's Hospital.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 83 Low: 72.

Here are the top stories today in Five Towns:

1. Jerry Barmash reports that a car accident Saturday killed a man on Long Beach Road in Island Park. The victim was a 59-year-old employee of Nicolla Ready Mix. (Patch)
2. Mike Smollins talks to Lynbrook Deputy Mayor Michael Hawxhurst about his escape from the 80th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower on 9/11. (LI Herald)
3. Jeff Bessen has the details on a fire at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway on Friday evening. It was extinguished by the FDNY after 90 minutes and no one was injured. (LI Herald)
4. 13-year-old Jonathon Posada of Cedarhurst, who was reported missing this week, was found. (LI Herald)
5. News 12 Long Island explains how a planned student walk-out at Massapequa High School over mask mandates was thwarted when the district threatened to not allow sports participation for students who joined the protest. (News 12)
6. Patch remembered the 9/11 victims who were from the Five Towns yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the attacks:

• Robert Caufield, 48, Valley Stream, Denino Electric, North Tower
• Manuel DaMota, 43, Valley Stream, Bronx Builders, North Tower
• Vincent Giammona, 40, Valley Stream, FDNY
• Thomas Hetzel, 33, Elmont, FDNY, North Tower
• Thomas Jurgens, 26, Lawrence, NYS Supreme Court
• Amarnauth Lachhman, 41, Valley Stream, PM Contracting Co., North Tower
• Craig Montano, 38, Valley Stream, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
• Patrick O'Keefe, 44, East Rockaway, FDNY
• Kevin O'Rourke, 44, Hewlett, FDNY
• Orio Joseph Palmer, 45, Valley Stream, FDNY
• Joseph Rivelli, Jr., 43, Inwood, FDNY
• Howard Selwyn, 47, Hewlett, Euro Brokers, South Tower
• Walwyn Stuart, Jr., 28, Valley Stream, PAPD
• Glenn Thompson, 44, Valley Stream, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
• Garo Voskerijian, 43, Valley Stream, Marsh & McLennan, North Tower
• Patrick Waters, Jr., 44, Inwood, FDNY
• Raymond York, 45, Valley Stream, FDNY
• Joseph Zaccoli, 39, Valley Stream, Cantor Fitzgerald, North Tower
• Ira Zaslow, 55, North Woodmere, Lehman Brothers, North Tower. (Patch)

Today in Five Towns:

• Cedarhurst Remembers: Ceremony for the Anniversary of 9/11, 4 p.m., Andrew J. Parise park

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• A new 9/11 First Responders memorial at Eisenhower Park was unveiled Friday night. The monument pays tribute to those who lost their lives to illnesses caused by working in the recovery efforts. (Facebook)
• The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department remembers their own firefighter Kevin O'Rourke who was with the elite Rescue 2 for the New York City Fire Department and perished trying to save others on September 11th. (Facebook)
• Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library is opening registration for Yoga, Baby Sign Language and Great Beginnings today. (Facebook)

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