Brick to Host Annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Thursday

Brick Township’s 2023 commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

Brick Township will host its annual remembrance ceremony and memorial to honor those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, including several township residents.

The annual ceremony is held at the “Angel in Anguish” sculpture near the entrance to the beach at Windward Beach Park. The sculpture, created by local artist Brian Hanlon, shows an angel weeping over the names of township residents who died at the World Trade Center.

The solemn event, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, will honor the memory of all those lost, including eight residents of Brick Township. The ceremony will include addresses from local clergy, officials and residents. The township will also pay tribute “to the heroes who courageously responded during and after the attacks, as well as the men and women who defended our freedom in the years that followed,” an announcement said.

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Brick Township’s 2019 remembrance ceremony for the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

Brick Township holds its annual 9/11 memorial, marking 20 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2021. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

The Brick residents who lost their lives in the attacks were John Badagliacca, Brett Bailey, Robert DeVitt, Michael Diehl, John Perconti, James Sands, Thomas Sgroi and Christopher Traina.