CREST HAVEN — Several hundred Cape May County residents joined the Sept. 11 Memorial Ceremony this afternoon at the County Administration Building to mark the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack on America.
U.S. Re. Frank LoBiondo (R-2nd) and U.S. Marshal James Plousis, former county sheriff, were guest speakers.
LoBiondo lauded the freeholders for continuing the observance of the solemn day, and noted that in the six years since the attack, fewer public ceremonies are being held to commemorate those killed in the attacks.
Plousis said the nation was safer than six years ago, because ordinary people are being more vigilant to terrorists’ activities. As an example, he said that earlier in the day, he was with the Camden County prosecutor who was preparing to start the court case against the terrorists who were allegedly going to attack Fort Dix.
He said ordinary people, like the clerk who saw the tapes the terrorists had ordered, and reported it to police, and they to federal officiaisl, help to form a “seamless” union against terrorists.
Plousis also cited the capture, earlier in the afternoon, of a murderer who had been missing from Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow Township. He noted that local people, including some in Middle Township, had reported alleged sightings of the man to police.
The occasion marked the sixth “Patriot Day,” declared by freeholders Dec. 18, 2001.
That resolution passed by freeholders noted that “3,000 innocent people lost their lives when a calm September morning was shattered by terrorists driven by hatred and destruction…”
Clerics who participated were Rabbi Jacob Malki, Beth Judah Synagogue, Rev. John O’Leary, Our Lady of the Angels Church, Rev. Robert O. Davis, Macedonia Baptist Church, and Rev. Jeffrey Elliott, Cape May Lutheran Church.
County employee Mark Huff sang the National Anthem and “America.”
The Cape Atlantic Police and Fire Irish Pipe Brigade will provide opening music.
U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Ceremonial Detail from Cape May presented the colors, and rendered a rifle salute. Before”Taps” could be played, the ceremony ended.
Freeholders presented a memorial wreath at the foot of an American Red Oak Tree that was dedicated to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
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