Neighboring villages Williston Park and East Williston dedicated the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11, to honoring the lives lost and first responders who ran into burning buildings to save others in the terrorist attack 24 years ago.
“I have two brothers who reported for work on 9/11 as New York City firefighters and a sister, Patti, who worked in Manhattan not far from the towers,” East Williston Mayor Bonnie Parente told dozens of residents gathered for a candlelight vigil. “All came home safely…The feeling of ‘what if’ brings a knot to my stomach and a hole to my heart.”
