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Touching Tributes, Momentos Honor 'Ridgewood 12'

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A composition notebook sits on the table in the Auditorium Gallery of the Ridgewood Library, inviting residents to record their recollections from Sept. 11, 2001.

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma
From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

From the Ridgewood 9/11 memorial at the library .

Photo Credit: Rebecca Abma

The notebook is part of the community’s 9/11 commemoration, which includes a 10th Anniversary Flag of Honor, “portraits’ of the 12 residents who lost their lives that day, and copies of a speech made during the November 2001 memorial dedication service.

The display includes photos and brief stories that paint a portrait of the lives lost on what town officials referred to as "that incongruously beautiful morning.” 

The portraits of the “Ridgewood 12” — Michael Carroll, Daniel McGinley, James Munhall, Charlie Murphy, Steven Paterson, Michael San Phillip, Bruce Simmons, Steven Strobert, Gina Sztejnberg, Jon Vandevander, and Christopher Wodenshek — will remain on display through the month of September.

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