9/11 Memorial Service Scheduled for Saturday Night at Seaford High School

Seaford High School will be the site Saturday evening for a candle lighting memorial service honoring five Seaford graduates who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The Seaford High School memorial service begins at 7 p.m. on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Among the nearly 3,000 killed on that fateful day were Seaford High School graduates Thomas T. Haskell, Timothy S. Haskell, John W. Perry, Robert F. Sliwak and Michael R. Wittenstein, whose names are all marked on plaques in a 9/11 memorial teaching plaza in front of the school they once attended. Brothers Thomas and Timothy Haskell were New York City firefighters, Perry was an officer with the New York City Police Department and Sliwak and Wittenstein both worked at financial services firm Cantor-Fitzgerald near the top of the World Trade Center's North Tower.

The Seaford High School 9/11 Memorial was first dedicated on Nov. 23, 2002 after funds were raised by community members. In addition to creating and maintaining a memorial teaching plaza, the Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee also gives out an annual Patriot Award to deserving graduating Seaford High School seniors in honor of the five fallen alumni.

For further information on the Seaford High School Sept. 11 Candle Lighting Memorial contact Tom Condon at 516-592-4320 or e-mail Tom_Condon@mail.seaford.k12.ny.us.