Kathy N. Mazza and Port Authority Police Department personnel September 11, 2001 memorial at Ellsworth W. Allen Park - Farmingdale, New York
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A memorial dedicated in honor of Kathy N. Mazza and three dozen other Port Authority Police Department personnel lost in the attacks on September 11, 2001 is at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale, New York.
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2022
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A memorial dedicated in honor of
Kathy N. Mazza and three dozen other Port Authority Police Department personnel lost in the attacks on September 11, 2001 is at Ellsworth W. Allen Park in Farmingdale, New York. The monument, on the southwest section of the park, combines several components in a heart shaped garden: a pair of circular elements - brick paved plaza to the east and raised planter bed with a tall flag pole to the west. A black granite monolith, a steel artifact from the World Trade Center, dedicated engraved bricks, and two park benches are incorporated around the patio. The stone stands at the intersection of the two circles and is inscribed on its front face:
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
DEDICATED IN HONOR OF
KATHY N. MAZZA
CAPTAIN - PORT AUTHORITY P.D.
REG. NURSE - ST. FRANCIS HOSP.
FOR HER HEROIC ACTS AT
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
HER QUICK THINKING AND ACTIONS
HELPED SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES THAT DAY.
HER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NURSING
PROFESSIONS REFLECTED HER TRUE SPIRIT
THROUGH HER LOVE AND RESPECT FOR
PEOPLE AND LIFE ITSELF.
MAY THIS MEMORIAL STAND AS A LASTING
TRIBUTE TO HER BRAVERY AND DEDICATION
TO HER FELLOW MEN AND WOMEN
MAY HER SPIRIT AND COMPASSIONATE
HEART BE AN ENDLESS INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
My Fallen Flower
Oh the Angels are around me
Telling me of times to come
But my flower has not blossomed
In the absence of the sun
Yet my God will not forsake me.
Why, my Lord, are thy ways so strange
Come into my heart and touch me
For thy touch brings out the sun.
The poem was written by John Mazza, Captain Mazza’s father. An etched photo realistic portrait of Captain Mazza appears between the first and second lines of the inscription. The names and rank of each PAPD member killed in the line of duty that day are also remembered. Engraved on the stone, divided equally and alphabetically on the left and right edges, those lost are:
CHRISTOPHER C. AMOROSO - Police Officer
MAURICE V. BARRY - Police Officer
LIAM CALLAHAN - Police Officer
ROBERT D. CIRRI - Lieutenant
CLINTON DAVIS - Police Officer
DONALD A. FOREMAN - Police Officer
GREGG J. FROEHNER - Police Officer
THOMAS E. GORMAN - Police Officer
UHURU G. HOUSTON - Police Officer
GEORGE G. HOWARD - Police Officer
STEPHEN HUCZKO - Police Officer
ANTHONY P. INFANTE JR. - Inspector
PAUL W. JURGENS - Police Officer
ROBERT M. KAULFERS - Sergeant
PAUL LASZCZYNSKI - Police Officer
DAVID P. LEMAGNE - Police Officer
JOHN J. LENNON - Police Officer
J.D. LEVI - Police Officer
JAMES F. LYNCH - Police Officer
FRED V. MORRONE - Superintendent of Police
KATHY MAZZA - Captain
WALTER A. McNEIL - Police Officer
DONALD J. McINTYRE - Police Officer
JOSEPH M. NAVAS - Police Officer
JAMES NELSON - Police Officer
ALFONSE J. NIEDERMEYER - Police Officer
JAMES W. PARHAM - Police Officer
DOMINICK A. PEZZULO - Police Officer
BRUCE A. REYNOLDS - Police Officer
ANTONIO J. RODRIGUES - Police Officer
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ - Police Officer
JAMES A. ROMITO - Chief
JOHN P. SKALA - Police Officer
WALWYN W. STUART - Police Officer
KENNETH F. TIETJEN - Police Officer
NATHANIEL WEBB - Police Officer
MICHAEL T. WHOLEY - Police Officer
The four-foot tall steel I-beam section stands on end to the south, two parallel rows of rivets running along its spine.