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Tragedy Hits Home As Victims' Names Are Made Public AMERICA EMERGING Ad Populos, Non Aditus, Pervenimus USPS 680020 Published Every Thursday OUR 112th YEAR – ISSUE NO. 02-112 Periodical – Postage Paid at Westfield, N.J. Thursday, September 20, 2001 Since 1890 (908) 232-4407 FIFTY CENTS Emergency Tragedy Hits Home Numbers To report someone missing: As Victims’ Names The Governor’s Office has estab- lished a new hotline for families. The number is (866) NJ-CRISIS. Locally, families are asked to call Are Made Public their local police departments. The numbers are as follows: Westfield By PAUL J. PEYTON “I’d really be surprised if we saw Police Department, (908) 789-4006; Specially Written for The Westfield Leader anyone reporting someone,” he said. Scotch Plains Police Department, The terrorist attacks on the World “I think our number will stay at (908) 322-7100, and Mountainside Trade Center will soon hit home. As eight.” Police Department, (908) 232-8100. time passes, the names of local resi- Most of the missing Westfield resi- To make a cash contribution: dents who have not returned since dents worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, The United Fund of Westfield has last week’s terrorist attack on the which had offices on the 101st-105th established the September 11 Fund World Trade Center. floors of One World Trade Center, to help the eight local families thus News reports have estimated that the North Tower. far who have been directly affected over 5,000 persons are listed as miss- Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial ser- by the tragic events of September 11, ing, with over 2,000 of them be- vices company, has reported that over 2001. lieved to be from New Jersey. 700 of its 1,000 employees based at United Fund Executive Director Eight families in Westfield have the Trade Center have not been ac- Linda Maggio said the donations reported a missing family member to counted for, to date. will be used for a college fund for the the Westfield Police Department. Westfield Acting Town Adminis- victims’ children or to help to defray Thus far, at least eight Westfield trator Jim Gildea said that, as of last day-to-day costs of living. residents and two Scotch Plains resi- Friday, eight people had been re- To donate to the September 11 dents are among the list of missing ported missing to the police depart- Fund, please make checks payable persons. ment, over half of whom are employ- to the United Fund of Westfield and However, Scotch Plains police have ees of Cantor Fitzgerald. designate “September 11 Fund” on not received any official documenta- The list of missing persons is as the check. Donations can be mailed tion of missing persons. The town- follows: Andrew Alameno, 37, of the United Fund of Westfield, 301 ship is requesting that families call Hazel Street, employed as a money North Avenue, West, Westfield, HOISTING OLD GLORY…Two firefighters from the Westfield Fire Department climbed to the top of their building (908) 322-6700 or the police at (908) to affix a 20-foot by 14-foot American flag to the façade. The flag was donated to the department by a flag manufacturer. market trader with Cantor Fitzgerald; 07090. For further information, 322-7100. Michael Davidson, 27, of Harding please call (908) 233-2113. Both police departments have sur- Street, an Equities Options Sales Residents can also make dona- veyed local commuter lots over the Trader and Partner, with Cantor- tions by calling the United Way Sep- Rescue Squads, Fire Departments past week to see how many people Fitzgerald; Stephen M. Fogel, 40, of tember, 11th Fund, (212) 251-4035; might be missing following last Wychview Road, a corporate attor- the American Red Cross Disaster week’s terrorist attacks. ney with Cantor Fitzgerald; Leo Relief Fund (800) Help-Now; the According to Westfield Police Russell Keene, 3rd, 33, of Boulevard, Salvation Army Disaster Relief Ef- Assisted During Trade Ctr. Disaster Captain Robert Compton, police an equity analyst with Keefe, fort, (800) Sal-Army; the New York By LAUREN PASS found approximately 59 cars that Bruyette & Woods, a banking and Firefighter’s Memorial Fund, (877) of Boston on September 11, the Union pharmaceutical firms Novartis and have been uncounted for since the Specially Written for The Westfield Leader County Mutual Aide system acti- Schering-Plough. financial services firm; Richard B. 863-4783, or Americares: (800) 486- As soon as the World Trade Center attacks. Those numbers included both Madden 2nd, 35, of Hanford Place, an Help. vated the Westfield, Scotch Plains, The squad provided an ambulance the north and south train station lots, was hit by hijacked jets coming out and Fanwood volunteer rescue squads and crew at the triage center at Ex- insurance broker for AON Corpora- CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 as well as the Lord & Taylor parking tion, a holding company comprised and the Westfield Fire Department to change Place in Jersey City on Sep- lot, where many commuters park. assist in various places throughout tember 13. of insurance brokerage, consulting However, Captain Compton said and insurance underwriting subsid- the metropolitan area. Meanwhile, the Westfield Fire that he does not anticipate Westfield’s The Westfield squad assisted on iaries; John S. Salerno, 31, of Carleton CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 number of missing residents to grow. Tuesday by sending two ambulances CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 and 15 Emergency Medical Techni- cians (EMT) to Liberty State Park, where patients were being triaged New Jerseyians Rally to Support and transported to local hospitals. The ambulances and crews were later sent to triage centers at Ellis Island and Exchange Place in Jersey City. Rescue Mission in New York City “We were still able to handle four By DEBORAH MADISON lection centers and hospitals are ask- Scotch Plains resident Michele calls in town,” said Westfield Rescue Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Squad Captain Michelle Urso. “Even ing prospective donators to stagger Petrow was among the many New though we only had one ambulance In the aftermath of the September their donations over the next few Jersey residents who heard about the in town, we still had members at the 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade weeks, in order to keep the supply need for comfort kits, bottled water, building and no patients were kept Center, an overwhelming number of current and available in the coming food and clothing needed by the res- waiting.” New Jersey residents have mobilized months. Blood centers are suggest- cue workers. A member of Immacu- Throughout the week, more than to assist their New York neighbors in ing that cash donations to the Na- late Heart of Mary Roman Catholic two-thirds of the members of the the massive rescue mission. tional Disaster Relief Fund or to Church in Scotch Plains, Mrs. Petrow Westfield Rescue Squad volunteered Dozens of New Jersey churches, local Red Cross Chapters would be organized a drive to collect these more than 600 hours of their time. civic organizations, schools and pri- more helpful at this time. needed items. Crews were stationed at Chelsea Piers vate citizens have organized Today, Thursday September 20, By Thursday, September 13, after in Lower Manhattan, Exchange Place fundraisers, clothing, food and blood The Westfield and Mountainside distributing flyers to local area in Jersey City, and several locations drives, to aid the rescue workers and Chapter of the American Red Cross schools, there were dozens of boxes in and around “ground zero” at the survivors. will conduct a special blood drive at of new clothing donated by residents scene of the disaster. The tremendous response to blood The Presbyterian Church in as well as by Kohl’s and T.J. Max On September 13, the Westfield drives conducted by most area hospi- Westfield, 140 Mountain Avenue, delivered to Immaculate Heart of Rescue Squad transported a patient tals and blood centers has resulted in from noon to 9 p.m. Mary’s Nazarene Center on Martine injured in the collapse from a New blood collections being temporarily That drive is limited to type O- Avenue. Residents also donated doz- York City hospital to their Westfield halted or restricted to type O-nega- negative blood. Chapter Director ens of cases of bottled water and home. tive blood for some centers. Dennis Kinsella said that prospec- even piles of used sweat socks to The Scotch Plains Rescue Squad Because the shelf life of blood is tive donors will need to show a blood protect the pads of the rescue dogs treated patients at the Hoboken Ferry approximately five weeks, and be- type identification card to donate from the shattered glass that was triage center on Tuesday. During the cause individuals can only donate blood. Donors will also be needed cutting their paws. blood once every eight weeks, col- week, they were stationed at Chelsea for the blood drive held in October. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Piers and the West Side Highway in New York City. The day after the disaster, the township’s squad transported two firemen who were injured at ground Melissa Betkowski for The Westfield Leader REFLECTING…Members of Westfield High School’s Concert Choir raised zero to New York hospitals. The their voices in song last Thursday during a “Unity Rally” to remember the Fanwood Rescue Squad was not victims and missing individuals involved in the terrorist attack on the World called to New York, but participated Trade Center earlier that week. The students sang “God Bless America” during in the decontamination for commut- the 10-minute gathering. ers at the Summit train station with Services Helping Communities Cope Following NYC Tragedy By DEBORAH MADISON Thousands of businesses and resi- officials, including Scotch Plains Specially Written for The Westfield Leader dents in communities all across Mayor Martin L.
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