Jersey City officials hosted a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at their waterfront memorial 23 years after tragedy struck just across the Hudson River.
By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View
“Thank you for joining us for the commemoration of September 11th as we honor those who lost their lives,” said Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop.
Two moments moment of silence were held at the time the planes hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m.
Jersey City Poet Laureate Ann E. Wallace then read a poem she wrote.
“Remember that even on this wrenching day that took so much, and always there is movement, bits of life that grow or quietly hum along. That children who never knew this pain laugh in excitement for a new year,” she said.
Jersey City Fire and Police Department officials then read a list of the first responders lost that day, with a bell rung for each one.
Fulop then placed a wreath in the Hudson River to end the ceremony.
“Thank you all for joining us today in commemoration of 9/11,” he said before doing so.
On the day of the attacks in 2001, the area where the memorial now stands became a triage center where emergency responders provided aid to those who sought refuge in Jersey City from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center across the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan.
The memorial was made of twisted steel beams from Ground Zero.
Additionally, the names of the 30 Jersey City residents who died in the attacks are forever etched on the memorial to ensure they are never forgotten.
GOD BLESS from WEEHAWKEN
NEVER FORGET