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HERALD Vol. 26 No. 38
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SEPTEMBER 12 - 18, 2024
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Memorializing F.S. lives lost in 9/11 attacks By NIColE WAGNER nwagner@liherald.com
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Trade Center towers in their honor. They included police officers, firefighters and those who were working in the towers that morning. Those honored during the ceremony served in the:
Community members gathered for a solemn service last Sunday at Franklin Square’s Sept. 11 Memorial, in Rath Park, to remember n Franklin Square the 25 residents and Munson Fire who died in the terDepartment rorist attacks on n Lakeview Fire the World Trade Department Center 23 years ago. Roughly 150 n Floral Park Fire neighbors attended Department the annual memorin Wa n t a g h F i r e a l c e r e m o n y, a t Department which members of the Franklin n New York City Square and MunFire Department son Fire Depart- DEACoN DoUG n Merrick Fire ment recalled the FERREIRo Department sacrifices neigh- Church of the Holy bors made on Sept. n B e t h p a g e F i re Spirit 11, 2001. Department “We g ather to n Hicksville Fire honor and remember those who Department have gone before us,” John Novello, ex-captain of FSMFD, n S o u t h H e m p s t e a d F i r e said. “We gather to pay tribute Department to the human spirit rising n Great Neck Vigilant above tragedy. We gather to admire the integrity and com- n M e a d ow m e r e P a rk F i r e Department mitment of the fallen.” As each name of those who n Levittown Fire Department died was read aloud, family, friends and firefighters places n Hempstead Fire Department roses on a steel remnant of the Continued on page 5
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hese men, and all who perished that day, can never, and will never, be forgotten.
Smiling start to 2024-2025 school year Franklin Square and Elmont students donned their best grins for the first day of school on Sept. 3. Stories, additional photos, Page 3 and 10
Courtesy Elmont school district