On September 11 2001, terrorists took nearly 3,000 lives in the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. It was a day of unspeakable tragedy America can never forget, and it was also a day of hope and heroism. In our darkest hour, the sacrifice of our firefighters and first responders inspired our country and revealed the true character of America: generous, brave, and always prepared to serve the cause of righteousness.

On the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, we pay tribute to the civilians and first responders killed and move forward celebrating America in the spirit of patriotism.

List of Victims of the World Trade Center

Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr.
Edelmiro Abad
Maria Rose Abad
Andrew Anthony Abate
Vincent Abate
Laurence Christopher Abel
William F. Abrahamson
Richard Anthony Aceto
Jesus Acevedo Rescand
Heinrich Bernhard Ackermann
Paul Acquaviva
Donald LaRoy Adams
Patrick Adams
Shannon Lewis Adams
Stephen George Adams
Ignatius Udo Adanga
Christy A. Addamo
Terence E. Adderley, Jr.
Sophia Buruwad Addo
Lee Allan Adler
Daniel Thomas Afflitto
Emmanuel Akwasi Afuakwah
Alok Agarwal
Mukul Kumar Agarwala
Joseph Agnello
David Scott Agnes
Brian G. Ahearn
Jeremiah Joseph Ahern
Joanne Marie Ahladiotis
Shabbir Ahmed
Terrance Andre Aiken
Godwin Ajala
Gertrude M. Alagero
Andrew Alameno
Margaret Ann Alario
Gary M. Albero
Jon Leslie Albert
Peter Alderman
Jacquelyn Delaine Aldridge
David D. Alger
Sarah Ali-Escarcega
Ernest Alikakos
Edward L. Allegretto
Eric Allen
Joseph Ryan Allen
Richard Dennis Allen
Richard Lanard Allen
Christopher E. Allingham
Janet M. Alonso
Arturo Alva-Moreno
Anthony Alvarado
Antonio Javier Alvarez
Victoria Alvarez-Brito
Telmo E. Alvear
Cesar Amoranto Alviar
Tariq Amanullah
Angelo Amaranto
James M. Amato Joseph Amatuccio
Christopher Charles Amoroso
Kazuhiro Anai
Calixto Anaya, Jr.
Joseph Anchundia
Kermit Charles Anderson
Yvette Constance Anderson
John Andreacchio
Michael Rourke Andrews
Jean Ann Andrucki
Siew-Nya Ang
Joseph Angelini, Jr.
Joseph Angelini, Sr.
Laura Angilletta
Doreen J. Angrisani
Lorraine Antigua
Peter Paul Apollo
Faustino Apostol, Jr.
Frank Thomas Aquilino
Patrick Michael Aranyos
David Arce
Michael George Arczynski
Louis Arena
Adam P. Arias
Michael Armstrong
Jack Charles Aron
Joshua Aron
Richard Avery Aronow
Japhet Jesse Aryee
Patrick Asante
Carl Asaro
Michael Asciak
Michael Edward Asher
Janice Marie Ashley
Thomas J. Ashton
Manuel O. Asitimbay
Gregg Arthur Atlas
Gerald T. Atwood
James Audiffred
Louis Frank Aversano, Jr.
Ezra Aviles
Sandy Ayala
Arlene T. Babakitis
Eustace P. Bacchus
John J. Badagliacca
Jane Ellen Baeszler
Robert J. Baierwalter
Andrew J. Bailey
Brett T. Bailey
Tatyana Bakalinskaya
Michael S. Baksh
Sharon M. Balkcom
Michael Andrew Bane
Katherine Bantis
Gerard Baptiste
Walter Baran
Gerard A. Barbara
Paul Vincent Barbaro
James William Barbella
Ivan Kyrillos F. Barbosa
Victor Daniel Barbosa
Colleen Ann Barkow
David Michael Barkway
Matthew Barnes
Sheila Patricia Barnes
Evan J. Baron
Renee Barrett-Arjune
Nathaly Barrios La Cruz
Arthur Thaddeus Barry
Diane G. Barry
Maurice Vincent Barry
Scott D. Bart
Carlton W. Bartels
Guy Barzvi
Inna B. Basina
Alysia Basmajian
Kenneth William Basnicki
Steven Bates
Paul James Battaglia
Walter David Bauer, Jr.
Marlyn Capito Bautista
Jasper Baxter
Michele Beale
Paul Frederick Beatini
Jane S. Beatty
Lawrence Ira Beck
Manette Marie Beckles
Carl John Bedigian
Michael Earnest Beekman
Maria A. Behr
Yelena Belilovsky
Nina Patrice Bell
Debbie Bellows
Stephen Elliot Belson
Paul M. Benedetti
Denise Lenore Benedetto
Maria Bengochea
Bryan Craig Bennett
Eric L. Bennett
Oliver Duncan Bennett
Margaret L. Benson
Dominick J. Berardi
James Patrick Berger
Steven Howard Berger
John P. Bergin
Alvin Bergsohn
Daniel Bergstein
Michael J. Berkeley
Donna M. Bernaerts
David W. Bernard
William Bernstein
David M. Berray
David S. Berry
Joseph J. Berry
William Reed Bethke
Timothy Betterly
Edward Frank Beyea
Paul Beyer
Anil Tahilram Bharvaney
Bella J. Bhukhan
Shimmy D. Biegeleisen
Peter Alexander Bielfeld
William G. Biggart
Brian Bilcher
Carl Vincent Bini
Gary Eugene Bird
Joshua David Birnbaum
George John Bishop
Jeffrey Donald Bittner
Albert Balewa Blackman, Jr.
Christopher Joseph Blackwell
Susan Leigh Blair
Harry Blanding, Jr.
Janice Lee Blaney
Craig Michael Blass
Rita Blau
Richard Middleton Blood, Jr.
Michael Andrew Boccardi
John P. Bocchi
Michael Leopoldo Bocchino
Susan M. Bochino
Bruce D. Boehm
Mary Catherine Boffa
Nicholas Andrew Bogdan
Darren Christopher Bohan
Lawrence Francis Boisseau
Vincent M. Boland, Jr.
Alan Bondarenko
Andre Bonheur, Jr.
Colin Arthur Bonnett
Frank Bonomo
Yvonne Lucia Bonomo
Genieve Bonsignore, 3
Seaon Booker
Sherry Ann Bordeaux
Krystine Bordenabe
Martin Boryczewski
Richard Edward Bosco
John H. Boulton
Francisco Eligio Bourdier
Thomas Harold Bowden, Jr.
Kimberly S. Bowers
Veronique Nicole Bowers
Larry Bowman
Shawn Edward Bowman, Jr.
Kevin L. Bowser
Gary R. Box
Gennady Boyarsky
Pamela Boyce
Michael Boyle
Alfred Braca
Kevin Bracken
David Brian Brady
Alexander Braginsky
Nicholas W. Brandemarti
Michelle Renee Bratton
Patrice Braut
Lydia E. Bravo
Ronald Michael Breitweiser
Edward A. Brennan III
Francis Henry Brennan
Michael E. Brennan
Peter Brennan
Thomas M. Brennan
Daniel J. Brethel
Gary Lee Bright
Jonathan Briley
Mark A. Brisman
Paul Gary Bristow
Mark Francis Broderick
Herman Charles Broghammer
Keith A. Broomfield
Ethel Brown Janice
Juloise Brown
Lloyd Stanford Brown
Patrick J. Brown
Bettina Browne
Mark Bruce
Richard George Bruehert
Andrew Brunn
Vincent Brunton
Ronald Paul Bucca
Brandon J. Buchanan
Gregory Joseph Buck
Dennis Buckley
Nancy Clare Bueche
Patrick Joseph Buhse
John Edwards Bulaga, Jr.
Stephen Bunin
Matthew J. Burke
Thomas Daniel Burke
William Francis Burke, Jr.
Donald J. Burns
Kathleen Anne Burns
Keith James Burns
John Patrick Burnside
Irina Buslo
Milton G. Bustillo
Thomas M. Butler
Patrick Byrne
Timothy G. Byrne
Jesus Neptali Cabezas
Lillian Caceres
Brian Joseph Cachia
Steven Dennis Cafiero, Jr.
Richard M. Caggiano
Cecile Marella Caguicla
Michael John Cahill
Scott Walter Cahill
Thomas Joseph Cahill
George Cain
Salvatore B. Calabro
Joseph Calandrillo
Philip V. Calcagno
Edward Calderon
Kenneth Marcus Caldwell
Dominick Enrico Calia
Felix Calixte
Frank Callahan
Liam Callahan
Luigi Calvi
Roko Camaj
Michael F. Cammarata
David Otey Campbell
Geoffrey Thomas Campbell
Jill Marie Campbell
Robert Arthur Campbell
Sandra Patricia Campbell
Sean Thomas Canavan
John A. Candela
Vincent Cangelosi
Stephen J. Cangialosi
Lisa Bella Cannava
Brian Cannizzaro
Michael Canty
Louis Anthony Caporicci
Jonathan Neff Cappello
James Christopher Cappers
Richard Michael Caproni
Jose Manuel Cardona
Dennis M. Carey
Steve Carey
Edward Carlino
Michael Scott Carlo
David G. Carlone
Rosemarie C. Carlson
Mark Stephen Carney
Joyce Ann Carpeneto
Ivhan Luis Carpio Bautista
Jeremy M. Carrington
Michael Carroll
Peter Carroll
James Joseph Carson, Jr.
Marcia Cecil Carter
James Marcel Cartier
Vivian Casalduc
John Francis Casazza
Paul R. Cascio
Margarito Casillas
Thomas Anthony Casoria
William Otto Caspar
Alejandro Castano
Arcelia Castillo
Germaan Castillo Garcia
Leonard M. Castrianno
Jose Ramon Castro
Richard G. Catarelli
Christopher Sean Caton
Robert John Caufield
Mary Teresa Caulfield
Judson Cavalier
Michael Joseph Cawley
Jason David Cayne
Juan Armando Ceballos
Jason Michael Cefalu
Thomas Joseph Celic
Ana Mercedes Centeno
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MIDDLETOWN — A body involved in a late-night boat crash on the Navesink River was found by authorities early this morning, and an Atlantic Highlands man who was piloting one of the boats has been charged with drunken driving. Police confirmed a body was found at about 8:45 a.m. following an intensive overnight search, state police spokesman Sgt. Brian Polite said.Authorities say a Boston Whaler with five people aboard and a Stingray powerboat with two people in it collided around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on the Navesink River in Middletown. The victim has been identified as Christopher Plante, 50, of Keansburg, said Polite. Plante was the owner of the Stingray, according to a family member.George Harrington, 39, of Atlantic Highlands, who was allegedly piloting the Boston Whaler, was arrested and charged Sunday morning by police with drunken driving. Police say all five people aboard the Whaler were ejected into the water, but eventually returned to the boat. The other person in the Stingray also went into the water but was able to return to the boat. The other people on the boats have yet to be identified by police. No other serious injuries were reported by authorities. Rescue crews spent several hours overnight looking for Plante. State police helicopters and rescue team divers participated in the search. Eventually, Plante’s body was located in the water through sonar by the Atlantic Highlands EMS, according to Bob Pfleger, spokesman for the Middletown EMS. “He was located at about dawn,’’ said Pfleger. Plante’s body was taken ashore by rescue workers at about 8:30 a.m., according to officials. A command station was set up at a home on Northover Place along the shore of the river during the operations. As of late Sunday morning, investigators remained at the scene. Polite said the official cause of death won’t be determined until a medical examiner’s report is finalized this week. Wreckage of the two vessels was towed to the Fair Haven Yacht Works on Sunday and then dispatched elsewhere. More than a dozen local emergency crews and fire departments were involved in the operation, said Pfleger. All four Middletown first aid squads were called to the scene as were emergency crews from nearby Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Fair Haven. Dive teams from Red Bank and the Squankum Fire Company Dive Team from Howell also joined the search Pfleger said.

19-1 was dispatched for mutual aid to 540 Brick Yard Road for a working structure fire. 19-1 responded with 19-1-87 and provided a RIT Team for the Adelphia Fire Company.

BRICK — A 49-year-old township woman now identified as Robin Hoffarth of North Riverside Drive, died after the kayak she was in capsized during a two-person late night trip Friday on the Manasquan River, said Capt. John E. Rein.
Hoffarth was one of two women, whose identities have not been released, both from North Riverside Drive, that went kayaking on the Manasquan River and capsized as was reported to police about 10:50 p.m. Friday, Rein said.
The 45-year-old second passenger and in the overturned kayak and neighbor of the drowning victim, was able to swim to shore where her husband notified police.
The survivor of the kayak told police they went kayaking earlier in the evening when it was still light out. For unknown reasons at this time, during the return home, the kayak capsized, Rein said.
Search teams including divers from the Brick Township Underwater Recovery Unit were assisted by Brielle, Manasquan and Squankum Dive Teams along with Herbertsville, Laurelton and Pioneer Hose fire companies, State Police Marine unit, helicopter and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Emergency responders were told that Hoffarth was missing from the overturned kayak and had been in the water about 10 minutes about 10:50 p.m., Rein said.
The kayak was found at 11:23 p.m. by fire department personnel about 200 yards offshore with no one around it.
Divers from Brick Township Underwater recovery entered the water at midnight found the womanabout 40 minutes later near the Manasquan River Yacht Club, Rein said.
The Ocean County Prosecutors Office and Medical Examiner’s Office also responded to the scene.
The New Jersey State Police Marine Bureau is leading the investigation into the drowning.

19-1 was dispatched to a reported vehicle fire on allaire road in the area of Kelle Automotive. The vehicle was located on the Howell / Wall Border under the I-195 Overpass. Engine 1-78 handled.

Congratulations to Firefighter Joe Swansinger and his wife Heather on the birth of their daughter Hope Lauren Swansinger

Congratulations to fire commissioner Robert Disbrow and his wife Jennifer on the birth of their daughter Chloe

The Squankum Fire Company has attended a Surface Ice Rescue Class hosted at Island Heights Fire Company. This two day course has allowd 10 of the members to be certified in Surface Ice Rescue Technician Level. A special thanks to Chief Ken Balfrey for getting us in the class.

Squankum Fire Company was dispatched at 08:39 along with the Ramtown Fire Company for a reported Structure Fire at 2822 Lakewood Allenwood Road. PD arrived on scene to report a fully involved structure Coompanies responded from Southard, Freewood Acres, Adelphia, Herbertsville and Howell First Aid

December 12, 1950 - December 12, 2010 The Squankum Fire Company has provided 60 Years of Service to the residents of Howell Township.

The Squankum Fire Company will have its annual Santa Run on December 18th beginning mid day.  Santa will tour the Fire District and stop wherever requested by a parent.  If you are interested in having Santa stop by your house to visit, please e-mail the secretary at bofcdistrict1@aol.com.  You will receive a confirmation once the route is set up.

The Howell P.B.A. will be holding it annual Oktoberfest October 9, 2010 from 1pm - 6 pm at the Priedaine New Jersey Latvian Society Center 1017 Highway 33 East Freehold, NJ 07728. For Tickets or to be a Sponsor for the event Please Call 732-496-0606

Over a year ago, the Squankum Fire Company applied to the Port Authority of NY/NJ in an attempt to aquire a piece of World Trade Center Steel to display in memory of those lost.  After countless communications and applications, Squankum was finally granted an artifact.  On 09/30/10, 4 members of the Squankum Fire Company - including 2 members who originally responded to the World Trade Center Attacks - drove to New York and took delivery of the World Trade Center artifact.  The piece will be on display on Tuesday October 5, 2010 during the Open House at the Squankum Fire Company - then it will be mounted at the station for permanent display.  A special thank you to all those who worked to get this project completed.

The Squankum Fire Company was Dispatched for an unknown type fire behind Public Works on Old Tavern Road. Upon arrival Chief Kortenhaus had confirmed a fully involved salt shed. Tankers and Mutual Aid was called from the other Howell companies as well as Herberstville Fire Company.The fire caused severe property damage, but there were no injuries, The cause of the Fire is under investigation by the Howell Fire Bureau as well as the Monmouth County Fire Marshalls office.