Morris Choral Society Lends Voice; Words And Music Bear Witness To 911 In Morris County Ceremony Of Remembrance

Members of the Morris Choral Society under the musical direction of Jason Tramm will lend their voices together with fellow musical colleagues, Brooke Shanley and Meghan Muth, students from the Morris County School of Technology, the Police Pipes and Drums of Morris County and Michael DelVecchio of Bugles Across America, who will perform Taps, in a ceremony of remembrance that will feature a candlelight vigil, an invocation by Pastor Sidney Williams of Morristown's Bethel AME Church and the reading of the names of all Morris County residents who passed and the 15 members of Engine 54 who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno will be the keynote speaker. Will was a rookie officer who responded to the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. He and fellow officer John McLoughlin were buried under the rubble but survived. His story was told in the Oliver Stone film World Trade Center. Senator Anthony Bucco, Doug Cabana, Freeholder Director, Christine Myers, Deputy Freeholder Director
Thomas J. Mastrangelo, Freeholder will share reflections and Larry Ragonese will provide closing remarks.

The ceremony takes place Sunday September 9, 2018 at 5:00PM at the Morris County 9/11 Memorial on West Hanover Avenue, in Parsippany, New Jersey. For further information visit https://morriscountynj.gov/9-11/