Bishop Robert Brennan celebrates a 9/11 Mass in Breezy Point.
Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Brooklyn
Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a 9/11 Memorial Mass in Breezy Point on Sept. 11 with the Blessed Trinity Parish community dedicated to those killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the first responders and those who have died from related diseases since.
The Mass was held at the 9/11 Memorial, located at Rockaway Point Boulevard and Beach 218th Street, which consists of 29 glass etchings of each of the community members lost on that day 22 years ago, and a cross-shaped piece of steel from the World Trade Center.
Following the Mass, the names of the Breezy Point residents who died on 9/11 were read aloud as parishioners placed roses at the memorial in remembrance of each victim, and a bell was rung as each name was announced, The Breezy Point Catholic Pipes and Drums preformed God Bless America to conclude the Mass and ceremony.
“We prayed for the innocent people killed by hatred, and our first responders who knew they had to respond, a choice that would impact themselves and their families,” Bishop Brennan said. “In their honor, let us pledge to build up one another with love, never forgetting the sacrifices our first responders make every day, and those sick with Ground Zero illness. Trusting in God, let us pray for the souls of the faithfully departed, whose shoulders we stand on, and the heroes living amongst us today.”
Some of those heroes were honored across Jamaica Bay on Sept. 10 as the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic group continued its promise to “Never Forget” by raising Old Glory on a new flagpole at the September 11th Memorial site at 84th Street and 157th Avenue. U.S. Army veteran Eddie Earl, 9/11 first responder FDNY retired Captain Jay Frango and 9/11 first responder Retired FDNY Firefighter John Morabito and Chief of the West Hamilton Beach Fire Department Nicholas Spinelli, helped 9/11 first…
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