Brooklyn Remembers Memorial in Bay Ridge Was Cast At Same Place as Iwo Jima Memorial
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
Brooklyn Remembers Memorial was dedicated on Pier 69 in Bay Ridge on May 16, 2005.
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Gerritsen Beach Lutheran Church WTC in Belfry of Church That Signalled Return to Normalcy
Monday, April 4th, 2005
The Gerritsen Beach Lutheran Church in Brooklyn achieved fame in September 2001 when Rudolph Guilianai signalled a return to normalcy when he walked Diane Gorumba down the aisle on September 16 to her husband-to-be, Michael Ferrito. Guiliani promised to give Gorumba away after her grandfather, father and finally, her brother, passed away in the previous year. Her brother, a firefighter, had agreed to take her father’s place, but died in an Aug. 28 2001 fire.
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Brooklyn Quincy Street Garden Honors 12 Fallen Black Firefighters
Saturday, March 26th, 2005
Brooklyn’s Quincy Street Garden in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood has a monument to the 12 black New York City firefighters who died in the World Trade Center attacks. The monument features a hook-and-ladder emblem, a large laminated flag and a bronze plaque with the names of the firefighters.
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