{"id":341307,"date":"2026-09-09T01:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341307\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:37:29","slug":"a-campus-community-united-by-loss-resilience-and-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341307\/","title":{"rendered":"A Campus Community United by Loss, Resilience, and Remembrance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 11, 2001, Brooklyn College experienced the tragedy firsthand as smoke, scorched paper, and debris from the World Trade Center reached campus. Students,\u00a0staff, and\u00a0faculty gathered to follow unfolding events and support one another. In the days that followed, the college held memorials to honor those lost and reflect on the resilience of the Brooklyn College community.<\/p>\n

\u201cA quarter century later, we continue to remember those we lost and the many lives forever changed by September 11,\u201d said Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson. \u201cWe also remember how our Brooklyn College community came together with compassion, strength, and resilience, and we carry that spirit forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read a special message from President Anderson here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pausing to Remember<\/p>\n

Twenty-five years later, Brooklyn College continues its annual remembrance through the ringing of the\u00a0library tower bell.<\/p>\n

Since 2002, the bell has tolled six times at 8:46, 9:03, 9:37, 9:59, 10:03, and 10:28 a.m., marking the pivotal moments of that morning and inviting the community to pause in memory of those whose lives were lost.<\/p>\n

Honoring Alumni Lost That Day<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the Brooklyn College alumni who were tragically lost on September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n

Ernest Alikakos \u201989
Auditor,\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0State\u00a0Department of Taxation and Finance<\/p>\n

Ezra Aviles \u201986
Senior\u00a0manager,\u00a0strategic\u00a0planning and\u00a0development,\u00a0Port Authority<\/p>\n

Eustace Bacchus \u201983
Independent\u00a0trader,\u00a0American Stock Exchange, attending\u00a0a\u00a0meeting at Windows\u00a0on\u00a0the World<\/p>\n

Steven Berger \u201979
Supervisor of corporate tax auditors,\u00a0New York State Department of Taxation and Finance<\/p>\n

Andre Cox \u201901
Cafeteria worker, 101st floor of World Trade Center<\/p>\n

James R. Coyle (attended Brooklyn College in\u00a0the 1990s)
FDNY firefighter, Ladder 3<\/p>\n

Peter Freund \u201984
FDNY\u00a0lieutenant, Engine Co. 55<\/p>\n

John Giordano \u201980
FDNY firefighter\u201a Hazardous Materials 1<\/p>\n

Michael Gogliormella \u201980
Technology Division eSpeed, Inc., a division of Cantor Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Joseph Grillo \u201977
Risk finance analyst,\u00a0Port Authority<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Hersch \u201981
Accountant,\u00a0Cantor Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Lorraine Lisi \u201980
Vice President, Fiduciary Trust International<\/p>\n

Paul Lisson \u201980
Records\u00a0clerk,\u00a0Aon Corp.<\/p>\n

Robert Mayo (attended Brooklyn College 1973\u201376)
Deputy\u00a0fire\u00a0inspector,\u00a0World Trade Center<\/p>\n

Robert Miller \u201976
Conferee,\u00a0New York State Department of Taxation and Finance<\/p>\n

Gregory Saucedo \u201992
FDNY Firefighter, Ladder 5; Firefighter Gregory T. Saucedo Triangle on Avenue T is named in his honor<\/p>\n

Ian Schneider \u201978
Senior managing director,\u00a0Cantor Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Craig Silverstein \u201988
Equity trader,\u00a0Sandler O\u2019Neill and Partners<\/p>\n

Arthur Simon \u201969
Equities trader,\u00a0Fred Alger Management; died along with son Ken, Cantor Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Robert Twomey \u201978
Trader,\u00a0Harvey Young Yurman; attending a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World<\/p>\n

Abraham J.\u00a0Zelmanowitz (attended Brooklyn College 1965\u20131969)
Computer programmer,\u00a0Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield<\/p>\n

Prokopios \u201cPaul\u201d Zois \u201978
Consultant,\u00a0Marsh & McLennan;\u00a0travel specialist,\u00a0American Express; taught at Kingsborough\u00a0Community College Department of\u00a0Tourism and Hospitality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On September 11, 2001, Brooklyn College experienced the tragedy firsthand as smoke, scorched paper, and debris from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,11309,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-341307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-michelle-j-anderson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}