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John Boyle, the Bellmore-Merrick Central District special-education teacher who led the effort to create the district's 9/11 memorial, honored Brad Allan of Long Island Crane & Rigging for his efforts to bring the project to fruition.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District dedicates 9/11 memorial

Thomas Crotty stood and stared for a moment on Friday at the twisted, rusted, 1,600-pound steel girder in front of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Brookside School in North Merrick. “It was very thoughtful of the community and the young people to do this so the day and the people will not be forgotten,” Crotty remarked. more

Scott Brinton | 9/24/10

A display of bravery as Stephen Siller ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on Sept. 11, 201, This portrait of him hangs in the Stephen's House of the New York Foundling, a charity supported by the annual Tunnel to Towers Run.

Tunnel to Towers Run/Walk set for Sept. 26

This Sunday, Sept. 26, starting at 9:30 a.m., participants from all over the country and the world will take part in the ninth annual Tunnel to Towers Walk/Run. The event retraces the path that firefighter Stephen Siller, a former Rockville Centre resident, took from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, when he lost his life trying to save others trapped inside the twin towers. more

Tom Steinert | 9/22/10

Bellmore firefighters saluted during a 9/11 ceremony at the Bellmore firehouse on Saturday.

Bellmore fire dep’t marks 9/11 attacks

The Bellmore Fire Department held a solemn ceremony at the Bellmore firehouse in Bellmore Village on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. more

9/13/10

The family of 9/11 victim Ronnie Gies, including his wife, Carol, and sons Ronnie, Tommy and Bobby, laid a wreath at the Merrick firefighters’ 9/11 memorial on Saturday.

Merrick Fire Department marks 9/11

The Merrick Fire Department held a solemn ceremony at the Merrick firefighters’ 9/11 memorial at Sunrise Highway and Merrick Avenue on Saturday at noon to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. more

Scott Brinton | 9/13/10

Rockville Centre remembers those lost on Sept. 11, 2001

Since October 2002, Rockville Centre residents and the families and friends of those from the community who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 20001 have had a peaceful place to relect on and remember the events of that tragic day. more

9/8/10

The immediate family of the late Ronnie Gies was on hand for the dedication of a new baseball scoreboard at Calhoun in honor of the Sept. 11 hero, including Gies’s son Bobby, wife, Carol, and sons Tommy and Ronnie.

Calhoun Sports Boosters honor Sept. 11 hero

Under sunny skies, the Calhoun Sports Boosters Association dedicated the scoreboard at Calhoun’s baseball field this week in honor of the late Ronnie Gies, a Merrick Fire Department chief who was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. more

Scott Brinton | 4/30/10

USS New York crew members lined its deck as the warship sailed past the site of the World Trade Center on its way to Pier 88 to be commissioned.

Living history

Retired Navy captain and Rockville Centre resident Christopher Boylan and his wife, Elizabeth, were among the invited guests aboard the USS New York for a formal shipboard commissioning on Nov. 7 that honored both those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001 as well as those who survived. The event was planned to forge an enduring alliance between the people of New York and the ship and her crew. more

Judy Rattner | 11/19/09

The Rev. Randall Broger of the Oceanside Interfaith Council addressed a crowd of about 100 at the organization’s annual 9/11 memorial at Schoolhouse Green last year on Sept. 11. The interfaith council paid tribute to those who died on 9/11 and had Rev. Bonnie Giebfried, a first responder on 9/11, speak to those in attendance about what it was like to be at Ground Zero on that day.

Those who have fallen

Eight years have passed since that dark day in our nation’s history. The observance of September 11 continues to be a time for remembrance, healing and solace, and hope for the future. The Herald hopes this photo page of victims, killed in the terrorists attacks in New York, who had a connection to Oceanside — some were born and grew up in the town, others lived there as adults or served in its fire department — will help memorialize them. more

9/10/09

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