September 11

Riverhead Town officials joined in prayer and reflection for a wreath-laying ceremony at the World Trade Center Memorial in Calverton this morning.

September 11, 2001: A remembrance

Riverhead residents will mark the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Friday evening at 9/11 Memorial Park on the corner of Sound Avenue and Lt. Thomas Kelly Memorial Drive (Park Road).

The Reeves Park community, which lost two residents, both NYC firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, hosted its 10th annual candlelight walk and remembrance service last night.

“I thought that people needed a place to come to, where they could sit and reflect, meditate or pray,” Calverton resident Hal Lindstrom said this morning at the memorial park he conceived 18 years ago. “I knew I had to do this."

Those of us who experienced the events of that day as they unfolded — even from a great distance — will never forget them. We have a solemn responsibility to make sure that the new "day of infamy" and people who perished in those attacks are not forgotten.

The Sound Park Heights Civic Association will host its annual candlelight walk and remembrance service Wednesday evening at the 9/11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue.

Local residents gathered on the green in Jamesport this afternoon for the first annual Jamesport Memorial Service honoring the heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, military veterans and police. Photos.

“This is what it’s all about: the next generation and hope for the future.” - Bob Kelly, who lost his brother and fellow NYC firefighter, Thomas in the World Trade Center attack, with his one-year-old grandson at a remembrance service at Sept. 11 Memorial Park.

Today, let’s remember what life was like before 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001 — the innocence, the sense of security we as a nation enjoyed up to that moment. A moment that changed everything, forever, in so many ways, great and small. Today, we remember. Let us never forget.