Remembering The 9/11 Victims From Mineola

Mineola NY

10 September, 2021

12:50 PM

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MINEOLA, NY — Saturday marks 20 years since the deadliest terror attack on American soil. On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist-hijacked passenger planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The era-defining tragedies took the lives of 2,977 people, including more than 400 first responders. Two decades later — even in the midst of a global pandemic — Americans will come together to honor those whose lives were snuffed out by terrorism. Among those killed were four Mineola residents: Janice Lee Blaney, 55Christopher Joseph Dunne, 28John Anthony Spataro, 32Mitchel Scott Wallace, 34 The Town of North Hempstead will be holding a memorial service at 8:15 a.m. on Saturday. During the service at Manhasset Valley Park, officials will unveil a monument featuring a 19-foot-long beam from the World Trade Center. The Village of Mineola will also hold a 9/11 remembrance ceremony. It's set for Friday at 7 p.m. in Memorial Park. This year's keynote speaker will be Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.