The family we lost on 9/11 from Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, and Peapack
On the clear crisp morning at 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, the first plane hit the North Tower, and our community was changed forever. Please take a moment to remember those 21 residents from Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, and Peapack who never came home that day. This is our tribute to the families. #neverforget.
Somerset County Courthouse Green – Monday, 9/11/2024 from 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Honor the memory of the 39 county residents who died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in front of the Historic Courthouse in Somerville. The ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The event will begin at 8:46 a.m., the time that the first plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Westfield – Annual community gathering to observe the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the 9/11 memorial site on North Avenue at East Broad Street. The ceremony will begin at 6:30, and will include prayers of commemoration by members of the local clergy, followed by the presentation of the ceremonial wreath by an honor guard, and the playing of “Taps.” Each year, the ceremony concludes with the reading of the names of the Westfield residents we lost that day and a period of silent reflection. The ceremony will be held rain or shine.
Bernards Township – The township will be conducting a ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. The ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, 9/11 at 6 p.m. at the township’s 9/11 Memorial at 490 Somerville Road in Basking Ridge at the Harry Dunham Park 9/11 Memorial, just off the Liberty Corner Road parking lot.
Liberty State Park in Jersey City offers views of the Manhattan skyline and has a memorial dedicated to the victims of 9/11.
#neverforget
Bernards Township was one of the hardest hit communities in the state on 9/11. The 18 township residents lost that day was the fourth-highest total of any town in New Jersey, after Jersey City, Hoboken, and Middletown Township.
David Campbell-51-Basking-Ridge
Kevin Dennis-43–Peapack
Stephen Dimino-48-Basking Ridge
John Farrell-41-Basking Ridge
Louis Fersini Jr.-38-Basking Ridge
Michael Finnegan-37-Basking Ridge
Christopher Forsythe-44-Basking Ridge
Steven Genovese-37-Basking Ridge
Robert Halligan-59-Basking Ridge
Kevin Hannaford-32-Basking Ridge
John Hartz-64-Basking Ridge
Allison Horstmann-Jones-31- Bernardsville
Matthew McDermott-34-Basking-Ridge
Stacey-Sennas-McGowan-38-Basking-Ridge
Ludwig-Picarro-44-Basking Ridge
Stephen Poulos-45-Basking-Ridge
Thomas Reinig-48-Bernardsville
Craig Staub-30-Basking Ridge
Timothy Soulas -35- Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Frank Wisniewski-54-Basking Ridge
Seven other perished in attacks who had connections to the Somerset Hills area including:
Debbie Fischer Gibbon of Long Valley, a 1975 Ridge High School graduate
Barbara G. Edwards of Las Vegas, Nev., who had lived in the township in the 1980s.
All of whom had relatives in the Somerset Hills
James Berger
Thomas E. Gorman
Anthony Infante Jr.
Thomas P. Knox
Joseph Mascali
Harry Dunham Park in Liberty Corner, New Jersey
The nearby Liberty Corner firehouse on Church Street in Liberty Corner also has a 9/11 memorial that honors the firefighters who died saving others that day. To help fund the memorial, the volunteer fire company made available for purchase 343 memorial bricks, representing the 343 Fire Department of New York firefighters who gave their lives in the terrorist attack.
The Tribute in Lights memorial beacons will again honor the fallen for one night on September 11th. Our view is from the pier in Jersey City.
A memorial plaque was placed outside the Basking Ridge train station on Depot Place.
UPDATE: Looking for the Light:
The MLH Project just released a new piece on the community members we lost. For the first time in one place, learn about the people and their families.
UPDATE: If there is a foundation or supporting organization honoring those lost, please let us know and we will update their legacy here with the good work being done in their honor. Submit Here.
The Somerset Hills is an area in northern Somerset County, New Jersey including Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack and Gladstone.
