Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Ex-Port Authority Officer Will Jimeno says first responders and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings are ‘beacons of light.’
Will Jimeno knows more about pain, loss and suffering at the hands of terrorism than most. The former Port Authority Police Officer and Chester resident spent 13 hours trapped in the rubble of the Twin Towers on 9/11 and still bears the physical and mental scars of his ordeal. The tragedy at the Boston Marathon Monday stirred up many of those old feelings. “It brought out a lot of my emotions,” Jimeno said. “I am mad and sad. Mad because we couldn’t prevent it and sad because of the people who were hurt and lost their lives.” Jimeno — whose story was told in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" — had a planned appearance Tuesday at the Black River Middle School in Chester to talk to students about his experience at the World Trade Center, …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Port Authority featuring how towns used World Trade Center steel in their memorials.
Mayor Sylvia Petillo said Tuesday a story and photos about the borough’s 9/11 Memorial will appear this fall in a new book produced by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey highlighting how towns used steel artifacts from the World Trade Center to create memorials. She said at the request of the Port Authority she wrote a description of how the steel was obtained and transported to Hopatcong from New York City. She said borough officials went to New York to get the artifacts. Local fire trucks lead the way. While they were in New York, Petillo said, the public works department called towns along Route 80 to alert local police that the steel was going to pass through their town. The result, she said, was that in each town local …
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Borough officials say the Sept. 11 attacks helped streamline talks and coordination between federal, state and municipal authorities.
A decade later, it's all about communication. When terrorists hijacked and crashed four airplanes, killing thousands, on Sept. 11, 2001, state officials were slammed with myriad problems. Two of the biggest: coordinating aid to the World Trade Center and ensuring threats didn't endanger their own turf. The story was no different in Hopatcong. While the borough didn't officially send emergency services to New York City in the aftermath of the attacks, Hopatcong leaders had choices to make: Lock down the schools? Ready firefighters for potential rescue or cleanup missions? Assemble the ambulance squad in case it's called? The list continues. In recent interviews, many Hopatcong officials said 9/11 response was a hurry-up-and-wait proposition…
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The new 9/11 memorial in Jersey City's Liberty State Park drew hundreds Saturday.
Nearly 10 years to the day, hundreds gathered on the northeast waterfront of Liberty State Park in Jersey City Saturday afternoon to pause for a moment of silence in remembrance of the 2,977 people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That moment was part of an hour-long ceremony to unveil a new memorial titled “Empty Sky” that names the 746 New Jersey residents killed on that clear September morning. Unlike the hours and days following 9/11 when the New York City airways were eerily quiet and the Twin Towers in pieces, the sky above lower Manhattan on Saturday seemed anything but empty. Helicopters buzzed to and fro beneath marbled gray clouds. The Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center, still under construction, soared …
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
A new curriculum guide written by volunteer educators and people affected by Sept. 11 aims to teach students about terrorism, bullying, war, and hatred in a constructive and sensitive way.
"A Letter to Caitlyn" "You asked your mom why everyone is so sad around your birthday and you wonder why you never got to meet your Uncle Johnnie. I hope I can help you understand. "Before you were born, there were two really big buildings in New York City called the Twin Towers. Your Uncle Johnnie worked on the 104th floor of the building, almost at the very top! He worked with bankers and had lots of friends who worked with him. "A week before you were born, a group of men who did not like our country, did a very bad thing. They hijacked airplanes, which means they forced the pilots to let them fly the planes. Instead of landing the planes, they flew the planes into the Twin Towers in New York City, a building called the Pentagon in …
Monday, September 5, 2011
World Trade Center steel to bookend the borough's monument on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Many Hopatcong residents watched the World Trade Center collapse from their TV sets. Soon they'll be able to see remnants of the Twin Towers in the borough every day as part of a monument honoring 9/11. Hopatcong will unveil its Sept. 11 monument featuring two WTC steel beams at 5 p.m. on Sunday—the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Mayor Sylvia Petillo said the ceremony will feature guest speakers "who were involved some way in 9/11, who are actually able to express what they saw and how it affected them." "It's a time to gather together and to remember the terrible tragedy that took place on September 11," she said. "That was one of the worst attacks this country has ever experienced. We've spent nine years meeting together every year …
Elvis Duran watched 9/11 from the radio station/s 9/11 office. On Sunday, he'll share his story with Sussex County Community College.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Radio host Elvis Duran watched the 9/11 attacks from the Z100 offices in Jersey City. On Sunday, Duran will host a ceremony remembering the 10th anniversary of the attacks at Sussex County Community College. The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. and will feature area Boy and Girl Scouts troops reciting the national anthem and a military flyover at the start of the program. Here's more information on the ceremony from SCCC. A ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be held at Sussex County Community (SCCC) on Sunday, Sept. 11th at 4 pm at the College’s 9/11 Memorial on the Connor Green. Elvis Duran, Morning Show Host of Clear Channel Radio (MAX 106.3 and Z100) will be the guest speaker at the ceremony. Duran …
The iconic beacons were both the subject and a backdrop to tens of thousands of photos for the 30 years they stood sentry over lower Manhattan.
During the summer, Patch began collecting readers' photos of the World Trade Center, a growing gallery in tribute to the Twin Towers. As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks draws near, we'll be remembering New Jersey residents who died that clear September morning. But we also wanted to pay tribute to the towers—iconic symbols of hope and prosperity—when they stood tall and proud, dominating the New York City skyline. We asked and you delivered, sending in more than a hundred photos statewide that represent your favorite memories: the shimmering skyline at nightfall, the view from lazy, summer boat rides on the Hudson, the towers standing in the distance as everyday life—farmers markets, picnics, Yankee games—carried on. …
Thursday, August 25, 2011
A decade after they were destroyed by terrorists, Patch looks back at the New York City landmarks.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
From now until Sept. 11, Patch will be collecting your pictures of the World Trade Center, a growing gallery in tribute to the Twin Towers. As the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches, Patch will be recognizing the area residents who died on that September morning. We also want to remember the towers when they stood proud, so please either upload your photos here or email them to louis@patch.com or mike@patch.com with a short note about the origin and date of the picture.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Share your memories, photos and upcoming memorial events at www.facebook.com/NJRemembersSept11
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
It was a decade ago on a bright September morning that the world watched in horror as four hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the deadliest terrorist attack ever to occur on U.S. soil. Among the dead were close to 700 New Jerseyans — traders, police officers, financial analysts, fire fighters, security guards, accountants and lawyers. Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. Across the river from lower Manhattan, where the air was thick with smoke and debris, New Jersey towns served as a staging ground for thousands of survivors. We mourned for the dead and comforted those who survived. Life, while …
Michael Smith
2:34 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
What an incredible story. God bless America! more ›