Community
Wyckoff Marks 25 Years Since Sept. 11 With Two Services
The township holds a morning ceremony at Community Park, where a 9/11 memorial carries the names of eleven people; the fire department's evening service is at its Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
Wyckoff will mark 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks with two remembrance services on Friday, Mayor Roger Lane announced at the Aug. 18 Township Committee meeting.[1]
| Service | Time | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Township ceremony | 8:45 a.m. | Community Park, 475 Wyckoff Ave.[1][11] |
| Fire department memorial service | 6 p.m. | Fire Company No. 1, 1 Scott Plaza, behind Memorial Town Hall[2][12] |
The evening service is followed by a repast, a gathering after the service.[2] The fire department's report to the Township Committee said all residents are welcome at it.[3]
The firefighters' memorial
The evening service is held at the department's Fallen Firefighters Memorial outside Fire Company No. 1, honoring all those lost on 9/11, including Dana Hannon and the ten other Wyckoff residents lost that day.[5] The memorial is a bronze statue of a kneeling firefighter, a granite block carved with Hannon's own fire gear, and a reflection pond with an eternal flame.[6]
Hannon was a captain in the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department and a career New York City firefighter, and he was 29 when he was among the first responders lost at the World Trade Center.[4][5][10]
The Community Park memorial
The township's 9/11 memorial, the Remembrance Memorial and Freedom Garden, stands in Community Park.[11] It is an oval stone plaza ringed by eleven dark granite posts, with a low granite bench at the center. At the far end, an inscribed stone sits in a flower bed below the flagpole, its inscription reading, "Never Far From Home and Forever in Our Hearts," above the date September 11, 2001.[7] A plaque set into the wall marks a rededication of the memorial on the 20th anniversary, Sept. 11, 2021.
Eleven names are inscribed below it. The same eleven have been named at the fire department's remembrance services in past years.[8][9] As engraved on the stone in Community Park, they are:
- Thomas H. Bowden, Jr.
- David Brian Brady
- Dana Rey Hannon
- Alan K. Jensen
- Shari A. Kandell
- Thomas Kelly
- Sara Elizabeth Manley
- Scott M. McGovern
- Craig A. Silverstein
- Richard J. Todisco
- Roy M. Wallace
Photographed Sept. 6, 2026.
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