Bay Ridge prepares to commemorate Sept. 11 victims
Bay Ridge, a neighborhood that lost 36 of its residents in the Sept. 11 attack, is getting ready for an annual ceremony in which the community pays tribute to the victims and their families on the anniversary of that dark day 13 years ago.
State Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-southwest Brooklyn) sponsors a commemoration every year at the American Veterans Memorial Pier, also known as the 69th Street pier, and will do so again this year on Thursday, Sept. 11, starting at 8 p.m.
The remembrance, which has become a tradition in Bay Ridge, will include the lighting of candles, a 21-gun salute and the release of two bunches of yellow balloons, one with nine balloons and another with 11, into the night sky.