Bayonne holds tribute to 1993 and 2001 victims of terrorist attacks

BAYONNE – Mayor James Davis, clergy representing the city’s various houses of worship, and others gathered at Harbor View Park at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor – across Upper New York Bay from the World Trade Center site – to pay tribute to the 12 Bayonne residents and 3,000 people lost to terrorist attacks in 1993 and 2001.

“Thirteen years ago, just a few miles from where we stand, 12 Bayonne residents were lost,” Davis said. “All of them and their families are in our hearts, and in our prayers.”

The Bayonne Remembers Committee hosts the Interfaith Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington County, Va., and United Air Lines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania on Sept.11, 2001. The victims of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were also honored.

Rev. Dorothy A. Patterson, pastor of Wallace Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, said ceremonies like Bayonne’s are important to hold each year.

“I think whenever we come together like this, it tells us about the inner strength we have,” she said. –Joseph Passantino

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