The Pelham Village Fire Department hosted a ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 11, remembering the lives lost in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center four years ago. Fire Chief Robert Glover (above) presided at the ceremonies. Firefighters and volunteer firefighters from Pelham and Pelham Manor attended the ceremony as well as representatives of the Pelham Police Department, Pelham Village Mayor Michael Clain, Town Supervisor Joe Solimine and State Sen. Jeff Klein. Rabbi David Schuck gave the invocation. Chief Glover read the names of the ten people with ties to the Pelhams who died in the WTC attack They included seven Pelham or Pelham Manor residents at the time: Montgomery Hord, NYC Fire Dept. Lt. Joseph Leavey, Robert McLaughlin, Robert Scandole, Daniel Shea, Joseph Shea and Michael Tamuccio; two PMHS graduates and former residents, Thomas Hynes and Amy O'Doherty; and Michael Bocardi, son of former Pelham Village Police Chief Michael Bocardi. A fire bell was then rung 3-4-3 for the 343 firefighters who died in the attack.

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