STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Various memorial events are planned on Staten Island on and around the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, offering an opportunity to reflect and ensure that those lost on that tragic day will not be forgotten.
There will also be a citywide moment of silence marking the moment when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 struck the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. And houses of worship throughout the city will toll their bells to mark the moment when the 9/11 attacks began.
Additionally, firefighters in firehouses throughout New York City will observe the moments of silence in their own individual ways, as bells will ring to commemorate the moments tragedy struck in 2001. A Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony will be held at Angels’ Circle on Sept.
10 at 7 p.m. Angels’ Circle, located at the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Fingerboard Road, is a memorial garden filled with the faces of the more than 200 Staten Islanders who lost their lives on 9/11.
Photographs mounted on stakes placed in the ground mingle with the angel statues that dot the memorial, referencing the “angels” lost in the attacks. Hosted by Advance Woman of Achievement Wendy Pellegrino, who founded the Circle, the ceremony will feature an invocation by the Rev. Michael Martine after an entrance to music by Staten Island Pipes and Drums.
“God Bless America” and other inspirational songs will be performed by Maria Crupi, and representatives from Girl Scout Troop 5001 -- Giana Pizzo and Mary Kate Russo -- will recite “The Broken Chain.” Louise Cagnetta, who has been performing vocals on Staten Island for 35 years, will perform, “You Raise Me Up’' and other beautiful songs, and the names of civilians, firefighters and police officers lost on 9/11 will be read aloud. Capt.
Luigi Carrubba, commanding officer of the 122nd Precinct, will address the gathering. At this year’s ceremony, 14-year-old Christopher Azzolini will be recognized with an award, Pellegrino said, for his dedication at the ceremony each year. Azzolini began handing out programs at the annual ceremony when he was 3 years old, she said.
“He’s been helping me all along,’' Pellegrino recalled. Also being honored during the ceremony will be Marty Higgins, a member of the community who visits the memorial daily to maintain it and keep it clean. “I don’t know what I’d do without him,’' said Pellegrino, who now lives in New Jersey.
She said Higgins sweeps, picks up litter and keeps the memorial looking good. “It’s unbelievable what he does,’' she said. “Every single day.
” A scene is shown from the Notre Dame Club of Staten Island's Eve of Solemn Remembrance, on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Courtesy Mary DiBiase Blaich) The Notre Dame Club of Staten Island will host its Eve of Solemn Remembrance on Sept.
10 at 7 p.m., in Our Lady of Pity Church,1616 Richmond Ave.
, Bulls Head. The event, which is open to members of the public of all faiths, will begin with an indoor presentation of inspiring, sacred music by the Molloy Group, and an outdoor presentation by Staten Island Pipes and Drums. A concelebrated Mass will follow at 7:30 p.
m. by Bishop Peter Byrne, Episcopal vicar of Staten Island, along with other celebrants. During the Mass, the names of all the Staten Island victims of that day and Staten Islanders who died of 9/11-related illnesses will be read aloud.
A candlelight tribute will be held, as members of Staten Island Pipes and Drums perform “Amazing Grace.” It is open to the public, and those of all faiths are invited, said Joseph Delaney, the Notre Dame Club director of the Eve of Solemn Remembrance. “The whole concept of this service is to bring healing and comfort to the families of the victims and the friends of those who died on 9/11 we never want to forget,’' Daleney said.
Staten Island high schoolers will assist with the reading of the names, Delaney said. “What’s so nice about this is that many of these kids weren’t even born on 9/11, and we’re trying to give them a sense of what this ceremony means to so many people on Staten Island,” he said. A September 11 Memorial Ceremony will be held at the Postcards Memorial in St.
George on Sept. 11, 2024. Shown is an image from last year's ceremony.
(Owen Reiter for the Staten Island Advance) Borough President Vito Fossella will host the annual September 11th Memorial Ceremony at the Postcards Memorial on Wednesday, Sept.11, at 6:30 p.m.
The borough president’s ceremony is a solemn tribute to the Staten Islanders who died in the 9/11 attacks, as well as the Staten Island first responders who have since passed away due to health complications related to working at Ground Zero. The annual ceremony will consist of a recitation of the names of the Staten Islanders who tragically lost their lives on 9/11, as well as a reading of the names of the first responders who have passed away since that day. In addition, a tribute video will feature the names and pictures of the fallen.
“It is my honor to host this ceremony once again and affirm that we will never forget,’' Fossella said. “We invite all those who seek to pay their respects to those who tragically lost their lives on 9/11, and who have sadly lost their lives since, to come to this solemn remembrance.” The ceremony will be open to the public.
Parking is available at the Empire Outlets at the Wall Street garage, and attendees may enter the grounds from Richmond Terrace at Hamilton Avenue or at SIUH Community Park. On Sept. 11, Staten Island University Hospital will be hosting a Day of Remembrance at 8:45 a.
m., with the hospital staff paying tribute to the lives lost and honoring the resilience of our nation. The events, to be held outside the entrances to both the Ocean Breeze and Princes Bay locations, are both open to the public.
They will feature blessings and heartfelt renditions of the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America.” There will be a 9/11 memorial event at Richmond University Medical Center on Sept. 11.
Here, the Honor Guard proceeds to begin the hospital’s remembrance ceremony in 2023. (Courtesy/RUMC/Alex Lutz) Staten Island Advance Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) staffers will join members of the FDNY, NYPD, military veterans and law enforcement agencies for an annual remembrance ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at noon.
The ceremony will be held near the Memorial Garden and flagpole, located in the employee parking lot, behind 355 Bard Ave., West Brighton. A flag-raising ceremony will be conducted by the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club, along with the Blue Knights and Rolling Fire.
A memorial wreath will be donated by the RUMC Auxiliary. Participants should use the rear parking lot entrance, off Castleton Avenue, to get to the hospital’s memorial site. FDNY Rescue 5 in Concord, the only firehouse on Staten Island to lose all its members on 9/11, invites members of the community to participate in a memorial prayer service on Monday, Sept.
11, at 11:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church, 80 Jerome Ave.
, South Beach. Moments of silence will also be held at the Clove Road firehouse earlier, beginning at 8:46 a.m.
, the moment Flight 11 struck the North Tower. And a private reception will be also held after the church service in the firehouse for Rescue 5 members and families. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum, which sits on the footprint of the fallen Twin Towers, will once again host a private memorial ceremony on Sept.
11. That program can be viewed via the 9/11 Memorial Museum website. The ceremony will begin at 8:46 a.
m. on Sept. 11, with a citywide moment of silence marking when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 struck the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept.
11, 2001. Houses of worship will also toll their bells to mark the moment when the 9/11 attacks began. After the moment of silence ends, the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 bombing will begin reading the names of all victims.
The reading itself will continue until about 12:30 p.m. and will pause only five times: At sunset on Sept.
11, the Tribute in Light will once again return to the Manhattan skyline, memorializing the fallen World Trade Center. Presented by Con Edison, the twin beams of light can easily be viewed from St. George and other areas on Staten Island’s North Shore, as well as parts of Brooklyn.
People may also gather at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, which will remain open until midnight. Sunset will occur at 7:11 p.m.
on Sept. 11. The Tribute in Light will remain illuminated until dawn on Sept.
12 . As an extension of Tribute in Light, for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the museum is once again partnering with New York City Tourism and Conventions, and buildings throughout the city who will light up their facades and rooftops in sky blue. “‘Tribute in Light’ is a unique but simple gesture of collective remembrance that illuminates the city each year on the evening of September 11 from dusk until dawn,’' according to the museum website.
Some of the participants on the 23rd anniversary will include ConEdison, the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, The Oculus, City Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center, the Javits Center, The Phoenix at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Empire State Plaza, as well as bridges and tunnels in and beyond New York City..
