The Montgomery News | September 11, 2025
Montgomery Township will remember local victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on America with a ceremony at the Montgomery Fire Department #2 / Blawenburg at 6 pm today, September 11.
Three Montgomery residents and one Rocky Hill resident died in the 9/11 attacks – Brian Thomas Cummins, Steven Goldstein, Phillip L. Parker, and William F. Fallon (Rocky Hill). Also, countless first responders died on that tragic day.
9-11 Memorial built by Montgomery firefighters at Montgomery Fire Company No. 2 on Route 518 in Blawenburg.
Photo by Rebecca Koblin for The Montgomery News.
9-11 Memorial at Veterans Park in Belle Mead.
Brian Cummins was only 38. He grew up in Belle Mead, and was a natural math whiz. He won state math awards starting in 5th grade. He later moved to Manasquan and worked as an equity market maker and partner with Cantor Fitzgerald. His office was on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. He was the fourth son of six boys and had a remarkably close family.
Steven Goldstein, 35, had been working at Cantor Fitzgerald for only two weeks. Prior to that, he spent his working days in his basement office at home in Montgomery Township, where he had developed an Internet company that Cantor recently purchased. He was a husband and father of two young children.
Phillip L. Parker, 53, of Skillman was a senior vice president of Aon Corporation, which took him frequently to Aon's office on the 99th floor of the World Trade Center. But on weekends, he was transformed. He became a D.J., at least in the privacy of his home, mixing CD's to entertain friends, or just his wife. He played banjo and guitar.
William F. Fallon Jr., 53, of Rocky Hill worked on the 62nd floor of One World Trade Center as an official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9-11. His wife of 27 years, Brenda Carter Fallon, still lives in Rocky Hill. He has a son, Chris, who now lives in Maine.
>> Read A Tug Boat in New York Harbor Bears His Name (The Montgomery News, May 5, 2022).
A tug boat in New York Harbor bears the name William F. Fallon Jr., a Rocky Hill resident who died in the World Trade Towers on 9/11 while trying to rescue colleagues.
Photo by Barbara A. Preston
The ceremony at the memorial in Blawenburg, which was built by members of the fire company, will include remarks and an observed moment of silence to honor the lives lost and forever changed on 9-11-01 in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on United Airlines Flight #93 over Shanksville, Pa.
Members of the public are invited to attend the service at the Fire Company No. 2's 9-11 Memorial, 529 Route 518, Skillman. Please park to the sides and back of the firehouse.
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The brief public ceremony will commence at 6 pm sharp on Thursday, September 11th by Montgomery Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. #2 at Station 46/Blawenburg.
A short memorial service in remembrance of the September 11 tragedy was conducted on Sept 11, 2025 at Panicaro Park at 8:30am. Officiating this event was Borough Councilman Richard Novak, with prayers offered by the Reverend Jacob David of the Trinity Episcopal Church Rocky Hill.
9-11 Memorial at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
Photo by Barbara A. Preston.
