Morris County Gathers to Remember 9/11

Former Gov. Donald DiFrancesco delivers keynote address.

Former Gov. Donald DiFrancesco delivered the keynote address Sunday night as Morris County remembered those who died in 9/11. The names of the 64 Morris County victims were read aloud at the county's 9/11 memorial in Parsippany where the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attacks are engraved in a stone walkway around the memorial.

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More Photos: How 9/11 Touched Us

Most of us can remember where we were on that day. But for some, things were never the same.

There are moments we all share—nearly unimaginable in their grand impact, and profound in their personal effect. Sept. 11, 2001 was undeniably such a time. Patch—working in collaboration with the Huffington Post and the Action America project—has collected hundreds of stories about the ways the terrorist attacks of 9/11 affected the lives of people in the communities we serve. A small handful of those stories—focusing on residents of Morris, Somerset and Sussex Counties, but including more than two dozen others from throughout New Jersey—are told here through photographs. Starting Sunday morning, hundreds more are at the Huffington Post. If you'd like to share your own story about how 9/11 affected you, e-mail Louis@Patch.com (if you've …

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Area Muslims: 9/11 Attacked Our Faith

They share their thoughts about their experiences following America's day of terror.

When terrorists attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, they weren't only attacking people, or institutions, or the U.S. government, or a commercial center. They were attacking Islam itself, according to area Muslims. “Anyone who goes out and harms others is acting against Islam,” said Khaliff Watkins, a writer and producer for Ebru.tv, based in Somerset. And while there is a perception that many people are now seeing the difference between Muslims and terrorists, for some time after 9/11, Islam and terror were linked.  “I think, the way Muslims have been viewed after 9/11 has changed throughout the years, but right after the attack and for many years Muslims were seen as potential terrorists,” said Nuray Sonmez, director of the Interfaith …

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Prentiss Gray

11:39 am on Saturday, September 10, 2011

Well said, Michael!   more ›

9/11: 10 Years Later

WTC Steel Connects Communities Across U.S. to 9/11

In hundreds of communities, a piece of steel from the Twin Towers beget memories of a day to mourn and prayers for a future of peace. Today, Patch shares many of those stories with you.

To the son who followed a family legacy into firefighting, it evokes the father and former Long Island fire chief who fell that day. To the director of a Georgia park, it explains why he’s been called to war three times in the past decade. To the residents of Gig Harbor, Wash., it required no less than an escort of firefighters, paramedics and up to 100 motorcycles during its nine-day, cross-country passage from New York City to the crash site of United Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota to its new home in the Pacific Northwest. Shards of a symbol, hunks of steel. Bolt-studded, fire-scarred beams that until 9/11 supported the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York now lie scattered across American towns…

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Post-9/11 Plans, Tech Helped During Irene

Officials stress focus on communication, coordination, technology.

Cots. Electronic mobile roadside signs. A mobile command center for $654,000.  A armored police and rescue vehicle for $271,968. A police data and radio system costing $3 million. And $3 million more to support a new $28 million county communications and emergency management center in Parsippany. Those are some of the items funded through more than $250 million in federal homeland security monies, allocated to Morris County and to surrounding counties since 2001. Officials said that while large firefighting equipment and the mobile command center get the most attention, the key change since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is the ability to plan and train for disasters—whether man-made or natural. They said that capability was displayed …

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Remembering 9/11: Send Us Your Twin Tower Photos

A decade after they were destroyed by terrorists, Patch looks back at the New York City landmarks.

From now until Sept. 11, Patch will be collecting your pictures of the World Trade Center, a growing gallery in tribute to the Twin Towers.  As the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches, Patch will be recognizing the area residents who died on that September morning. We also want to remember the towers when they stood proud, so please either upload your photos here or email them to louis@patch.com or mike@patch.com with a short note about the origin and date of the picture.

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County Planning 9/11 Vigil

Will mark 10th anniversary of the attacks.

Morris County is planning its Remembrance Service and Candlelight Vigil to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, on Sunday, Sept. 11. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. at the Morris County September 11th Memorial on West Hanover Avenue in Parsippany-Troy Hills, across from Morris View Healthcare Center, according to a statement from the Morris County Freeholders. The county's Sept. 11 Memorial pays tribute to all of those who died in the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001, with a special emphasis on the 64 victims from Morris County whose names are etched in plaques that are affixed to the memorial, the freeholders said. The names of all of the nearly 3,000 people who died that day are engraved …

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