 Jill Biden might not be a full blooded Italian descendant, but there are many Italian-Americans who are only half Italian yet still identify themselves as "Italian" when asked. For instance, I'm a first generation Italian-American with both of my parents being Italian, but my wife has an Italian father and Polish mother. The interesting thing is, she has never really identified as Polish-American since most of her cultural influences growing up were from the Italian side of her family. Even late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel (originally Kummel, from his German paternal grandfather), thinks of himself as Italian-American, since the great family influences were from the Neapolitan side of his mother's family. There has been recent talk of Jill Biden having Italian roots, but I wonder how she identifies herself when asked about her heritage. I'm certain, for politically correct reasons, her answer to journalists would be, "I'm American". Still, in my experience, having even a tiny bit of Italian blood running through someone's veins is enough for anyone to proudly embrace their Italian roots. Who wouldn't want to be Italian? Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is half Italian. Her grandfather, Domenico Giacoppo emigrated from the small Sicilian village of Gesso, escaping the poverty and chaos created by recent earthquakes in the region of Messina. He later changed his name, in an attempt to Americanize it, to Jacobs. Jill's father, Donald Carl Jacobs (1927–1999), was a U.S. Navy signalman during World War II, who afterwards used the G.I. Bill to attend business school, eventually becoming head of a savings and loan institution in Philadelphia. Her mother, Bonny Jean Godfrey Jacobs (1930–2008), was homemaker of English and Scottish descent.  Jill's Italian cousins celebrating Biden's success One of Biden's distant Sicilian cousins, Caterina Giacoppo offered an invitation that has gotten a lot of press lately... “Jill, I’m here, my house is open for you, as is our entire Sicilian village of Gesso where your grandfather came from. Please do come visit us next time you travel to Italy.” Gesso is a tiny, close-knit community with only 600 inhabitants in the province of Messina. She went on, "I would be very happy if Jill came here ... I would like to meet her. We are ready to have a nice party all over the commune. If you come, I'll cook you baked pasta, roasted braciolettine arrostite and other local delicacies such as eggplant parmigiana, pasta alla 'ncasciata and cannoli filled with fresh goat ricotta, which is one of my specialties"  Gesso Flavors of Gesso, Sicily Pasta alla 'Ncasciata is the local, Messinese version of baked pasta with eggplant and caciocavallo cheese. Braciolettine Arrostite is from the Arabo-Sicula cuisine, a mix of Arab and Sicilian flavors. Similar to beef brasciole, it's charcoal grilled with a stuffing of currants, pine nuts and pecorino cheese.  Biden's grandfather, Domenico Giacoppo came to America in 1899, his wife and children arrived one year later  Jill Biden's grandmother, Angela Giacoppo and children listed on the Patria ship manifest from 1900  One to go for Joe! Will we be seeing pasta and pizza nights at the White House soon? Only time will tell, but as far as we're concerned, Joe Biden is more than just an Irish-Catholic... he's Italian by sheer association! The evidence is clear since his go-to menu for many past fund-raising dinners includes a caprese salad, angel hair pasta pomodoro, raspberry sorbet, and biscotti. Good luck to them both! --Jerry Finzi  Biden delivering pizza to Pittsburgh first responders E questo è il fiore del partigiano … morto per la libertà! This is the flower of the partisan … who died for freedom  April 25, the Festa della Liberazione is an Italian national holiday that commemorates the liberation from fascist domination in Italy. On this day you might hear the partisan song, Bella Ciao on the radio, in parades, or sung by small groups in small town piazzi all over Italy. It is the song of I Partigiani, men and women who fought against the Nazis and Fascists primarily in Northern Italy from 1943 to 1945. This is the period called La Resistenza, the Resistance. The song is set to the melody of a traditional folk song and became the anthem of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, sung by the anti-fascist rebels who fought against the atrocities of the Nazis and Benito Mussolini. The lyrics are symbolic of the sacrifices made for freedom. Each April 25 there are Liberation Day festivities throughout the country, paying tribute to those who lost their lives in in the fight to free their country.  Mussolini, the second from the left In 1943, Mussolini was deposed by the King Victor Emmanuel III of Savoy. The new government signed an armistice with the allied forces, while Mussolini was helped by the Nazis, fleeing to Northern Italy where he created a puppet state. After liberating Southern and Central Italy, the Americans passed through the Apennines. Partisans became an effective fighting force against the Nazis and Fascists in the mountain towns. On April 25th, 1945 Northern Italy was at last liberated. Mussolini would be executed by Partisans after a quick, public trial near Milano within 4 days. Shot along with his mistress, Claretta Petacci, and his other henchmen, their bodies were at first laid out in Piazzale Loreto where huge crowds of Italians took turns throwing trash on them, kicking and worse. Afterwards, their bodies were hung upside-down on the rafters of the local gas station. Perhaps a fitting end to one of the monsters of modern history. However, instead of burning the body of Mussolini (as perhaps should have been done) his body was first buried, then stolen, and afterwards found and hidden secretely in a monastary for eleven years. Unfortunately (for the Italy and the World), in May 1957 the newly appointed Prime Minister, Adone Zoli, agreed to Mussolini's interment at his place of birth in Predappio in Romagna. This was for obvious political reasons since Zoli was reliant on the far right to support him in Parliament. Sadly, even today, the remains of Mussolini has become a pro-fascist shrine or sorts. For this reason, it's a very good thing that the Russians "lost" the body of Hitler. Since the Liberation, Italy has been free from dictators, although the current neo-fascist movements are a signal to never forget what history has taught us... --Jerry Finzi Copyright 2019, Jerry Finzi/GrandVoyageItaly.com - All Rights Reserved Not to be published without expressed permission. 
  Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City was the first establishment to use the name "restaurant". They were the first restaurant to have printed menus. They were the first restaurant to offer a cookbook. They were the first restaurant to serve women sitting without men at their own table (how shocking!) Delmonico's was also the first dining establishment in America to price individual dishes à la carte, as was the custom in Paris. Before this, American inns served one price and only one dish--no menu. Everyone was charged the same fixed price whether they ate more or less than other patrons. They were also the first to open (for a while) the Delmonico Hotel, without the standard "room and board" pricing, but charged for room and meals separately. They were the first restaurant considered to be "fine dining", attracting celebrities and presidents alike. By 1862, Chef de Cuisine, Charles Ranhofer some of the most famous American dishes such as Eggs Benedict, Baked Alaska, Lobster Newburg and Chicken A la Keene (yes, not "King").Ranhofer published his cookbook, The Epicurean," in 1894.  Giovanni and Pietro Delmonico immigrated from from Ticino, Switzerland, their family roots being in the Trentino region of the Italian Alps. The brothers opened their first restaurant in 1827 in a rented pastry shop at 23 William Street, selling classically prepared pastries, fine coffee, chocolates, bonbons, wines and liquors as well as Havana cigars. In 1831 they were joined by their nephew, Lorenzo Delmonico, who was responsible for the wine list and developing its unique menu. In the coming years, Lorenzo learned every aspect of the restaurant business and was the driving force behind its impeccable standards of both product and service.
The Delmonico Farm and Villa In 1834, the brothers earmarked $16,000 (worth $500,000 today) from their profits to purchase a 220 acre farm in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The brothers built an imposing Italian villa at the farm but primarily used the land to cultivate vegetables unknown to Americans for their restaurant, such as endive, sorrel, eggplant, asparagus, Lupini beans, tomato and artichoke. But of course, Delmonico's has become world-renowned for their aged steaks. Their first three restaurants were all destroyed by fire after which they purchased a triangular lot in Lower Manhattan and opening their landmark restaurant at Williams Street in 1893. Marketing geniuses, they claimed the two Corinthian columns at the portico were "salvaged" from Pompeii (many dispute this claim). 
One early and one later menu from the 19th century  They weren't attempting to serve Italian cuisine by the looks of their original menus, but to offer an upscale "European" menu, which in all parts of Europe during the 17th - 19th centuries were mainly based on Parisian fare. As their popularity with New York's elite grew, the Delmonico family opened other restaurants under the name, operating up to four at a time. In total they had opened 10, illustrating the determination of this family. The popularity of their restaurant (with its high priced menu) drew both local and national politicians, financiers such as Vanderbuilt, luminaries like Mark Twain and Italian inventor Tesla. Domenico's was (and still is) a place to discuss the financing for inventors, presidential campaigns, hob-nob with opera stars and authors... definitely now a place for the hoi polloi or common workers of Manhattan  1884 parody of elites feasting at Delmonico's while the hungry poor beg for a handout
Oscar Tucci bought it in 1926 and turned it into a speakeasy during Prohibition, purchasing the third liquor license in New York after the liquor started flowing again. The Tucci family ran the business as Oscar's Delmonico until the 1980s. Various imitators opened other "Delmonico's" but were unrelated to the original family or its philosophy. Today at the landmark Williams Street restaurant, a large corporation runs a close approximation to the old world dining experience that the Brothers Delmonico first realized. --Jerry Finzi
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There is a chain of restaurants called "Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse" in New York State and Florida that has nothing to do with Delmonico's in New York City. In contrast, this corporate creation is a mashup of Beefsteak Charlies and Olive Garden for the middle class of culinary appetites. The food is a bit high priced for its chain restaurant selections and quality, the steaks are garden variety, about the same as Outback or a bit less, and the menu is cluttered with Italian-American dishes with big, sloppy portions.
As for the lack of classy decor, just take a look at the stereotypes of what an Italian-American is supposed to be plastered on their walls... caricatures of past "Italian" pop icons such as Sinatra or Andrew Dice-Clay along with with big-busted babes. There is a plush booth canned the "Sinatra" and an "Italian Wanna-bee" room, with caricatures actors who play Italians, but aren't. The piped in music is Sinatra, Perry Como, Tony Bennett or Dean Martin and other Rat Pack types. If this is your idea of what an Italian restaurant is supposed to be, have at it. They saw you coming anyway.
If you care about the true Italian culinary heritage, stay clear of these joints.
--GVI
As for the lack of classy decor, just take a look at the stereotypes of what an Italian-American is supposed to be plastered on their walls... caricatures of past "Italian" pop icons such as Sinatra or Andrew Dice-Clay along with with big-busted babes. There is a plush booth canned the "Sinatra" and an "Italian Wanna-bee" room, with caricatures actors who play Italians, but aren't. The piped in music is Sinatra, Perry Como, Tony Bennett or Dean Martin and other Rat Pack types. If this is your idea of what an Italian restaurant is supposed to be, have at it. They saw you coming anyway.
If you care about the true Italian culinary heritage, stay clear of these joints.
--GVI
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Never Forget...
--GVI
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- Abate, Vincent - 40 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Aceto, Richard Anthony - 42 - Wantagh , NY - Dec WTC
- Acquaviva, Paul Andrew - 29 - Glen Rock, NJ - Dec WTC
- Addamo, Christy A. - 28 - New Hyde Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Addo, Sophia Buruwa - 36 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Afflitto, Daniel Thomas - 32 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Agnello, Joseph - 35 - Belle Harbor, NY - Dec E/R
- Alameno, Andrew - 37 - Westfield, NJ - Dec WTC
- Alario, Margaret Ann Jezycki "Peggy" - 41 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Albero, Gary - 39 - Emerson, NJ - Dec WTC
- Allegretto, Edward L. - 51 - Colonia, NJ - Dec WTC
- Amaranto, Angelo - 60 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Amato, James M. - 43 - Ronkonkoma, NY - Dec E/R
- Amatuccio, Joseph - 41 - Ozone Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Amoroso, Christopher C. - 29 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Anchundia, Joseph Peter - 26 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Andreacchio, John - 52 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Angelini Jr., Joseph - 38 - Lindenhurst, NY - Dec E/R
- Angelini Sr., Joseph - 63 - Lindenhurst, NY - Dec E/R
- Angilletta, Laura - 23 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Angrisani, Doreen J. - 44 - Ridgewood, NY - Dec WTC
- Aquilino, Frank Thomas "F.T." - 26 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Arias, Adam P. - 37 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Asaro, Carl Francis - 39 - Middletown, NY - Dec E/R
- Aversano Jr., Frank Louis - 58 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Badagliacca, John James - 35 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Bantis, Kathy - 44 - Chicago, IL - Dec WTC
- Baptiste, Gerard Jean - 35 - Riverdale, NY - Dec E/R
- Barbara, Gerard A. - 53 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Barbaro, Paul V. - 35 - Holmdel, NJ - Dec WTC
- Barbella, James W. - 53 - Oceanside, NY - Dec WTC
- Barbosa, Ivan Kiryllos Fairbanks - 30 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Barbosa, Victor Daniel - 23 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Barbuto, Christine - 32 - Brookline, MA - Am 11
- Basina, Inna - 43 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Battaglia, Paul James - 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Bautista, Ivhan Luis Carpio - 24 - Ozone Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Bautista, Marlyn C. - 46 - Iselin, NJ - Dec WTC
- Beatini, Paul F. - 40 - Park Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Bella, Andrea Della - 59 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Bellows, Debbie S. - 30 - East Windsor, NJ - Dec WTC
- Benedetti, Paul Michael - 32 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Benedetto, Denise Lenore - 40 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Berardi, Dominick J. - 25 - Whitestone, NY - Dec WTC
- Boccardi, Michael Andrew - 30 - Bronxville, NY - Dec WTC
- Bocchi, John Paul - 38 - New Vernon, NJ - Dec WTC
- Bocchino, Michael Leopoldo - 45 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec E/R
- Bochino, Susan Mary - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Boffa, Mary Katherine - 45 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Bolourchi, Touran Hamzavi - 69 - Beverly Hills, CA - Un 175
- Bonomo, Frank - 42 - Port Jefferson, NY - Dec E/R
- Bonomo, Yvonne L. - 30 - Jackson Heights, NY - Dec WTC
- Borda Leyva, Juan Jose - 58 - New York, NY - Msg WTC
- Bosco, Richard E. - 34 - Suffern, NY - Dec WTC
- Braca, Alfred J. - 54 - Leonardo, NJ - Dec WTC
- Bravo, Lydia Estelle - 50 - Dunellen, NJ - Dec WTC
- Brito, Victoria Alvarez - 38 - Elmhurst, NY - Dec WTC
- Bucca, Ronald Paul - 47 - Tuckahoe, NY - Dec E/R
- Bulaga Jr., John E. - 35 - Haskell, NJ - Dec WTC
- Buslo, Irina - 32 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Bustillo, Milton - 37 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Caballero, Daniel Martin - 21 - Houston, TX - Dec Ptn
- Cachia, Brian Joseph - 26 - Fresh Meadows, NY - Dec WTC
- Cafiero Jr., Steven - 31 - Whitestone, NY - Dec WTC
- Caggiano, Richard M. - 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Caguicla, Cecile M. - 55 - Boonton, NJ - Dec WTC
- Calabro, Salvatore - 38 - Staten Island , NY - Dec E/R
- Calandrillo, Joseph - 49 - Hawley, PA - Dec WTC
- Calcagno, Philip V. - 57 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Calia, Dominick Enrico - 40 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Calvi, Luigi "Gino" - 34 - East Rutherford, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cammarata, Michael F. - 22 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Candela, John A. - 42 - Glen Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cangelosi, Vincent - 30 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Cangialosi, Stephen J. - 40 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cannava, Lisa B. - 30 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Cannizzaro, Brian - 30 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Caporicci, Louis A. - 35 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Cappello, Jonathan Neff - 23 - Garden City, NY - Dec WTC
- Caproni, Richard M. - 34 - Lynbrook, NY - Dec WTC
- Cardona, Jose - 35 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Carlino, Edward - 46 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Carlo, Michael Scott - 34 - Whitestone, NY - Dec E/R
- Carlone, David G. - 46 - Randolph, NJ - Dec WTC
- Carpeneto, Joyce Ann - 40 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Casazza, John F. - 38 - Colts Neck, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cascio, Paul Reegan - 23 - Manhasset, NY - Dec WTC
- Casoria, Thomas Anthony - 29 - Whitestone, NY - Dec E/R
- Castano, Alejandro - 35 - Edgewater, NJ - Dec WTC
- Castillo, Arcelia "Chela" - 49 - Elizabeth, NJ - Dec WTC
- Castrianno, Leonard - 30 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Castro, Jose Ramon - 37 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Catarelli, Richard G. - 47 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Centeno, Ana M. - 38 - Bayonne, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cesta, Joni - 37 - Bellmore, NY - Dec WTC
- Chalasani, Swarna - 33 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Chiarchiaro, Dorothy J. - 61 - Glenwood, NY - Dec WTC
- Chiofalo Jr., Nicholas P. - 39 - Selden, NY - Dec E/R
- Chirchirillo, Peter A. - 47 - Langhorne, PA - Dec WTC
- Ciafardini, Christopher - 30 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Ciccone, Alex F. - 38 - New Rochelle, NY - Dec WTC
- Cilente, Frances Ann - 26 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Cillo, Elaine - 40 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Cirri, Robert D. - 39 - Nutley, NJ - Dec E/R
- Coladonato III, Anthony Joseph - 47 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Colaio, Mark Joseph - 34 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Colaio, Stephen J. - 32 - Montauk, NY - Dec WTC
- Colasanti, Christopher M. - 33 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Conde, Albert - 62 - Englishtown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Coppo Jr., Joseph J. - 47 - New Canaan, CT - Dec WTC
- Coppola, Gerard J. - 46 - New Providence, NJ - Dec WTC
- Cordice, Robert - 28 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Correa, Ruben D. - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Correa-Gutierrez, Daniel A. - 25 - Fairview, NJ - Dec WTC
- Costa, Dolores Marie - 53 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Costanza, Alexandra Digna - 25 - Woodside, NY - Dec WTC
- Costello, Charles Gregory - 46 - Old Bridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Costello, Michael S. - 27 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Crifasi, Lucia - 51 - Glendale, NY - Dec WTC
- Crisci, John - 48 - Holbrook, NY - Dec E/R
- Cuccinello, Thelma - 71 - Wilmot Flat, NH - Am 11
- Cudina, Richard Joseph - 46 - Glen Gardner, NJ - Dec WTC
- Curatolo, Robert - 31 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Curia, Laurence - 41 - Garden City, NY - Dec WTC
- Curioli, Paul Dario - 53 - Norwalk, CT - Dec WTC
- Da Mota, Manuel J. - 44 - Valley Stream, NY - Dec WTC
- DaCosta, Carlos S. - 41 - Elizabeth, NJ - Dec WTC
- D'Allara, John - 47 - Pearl River , NY - Dec E/R
- D'Amadeo, Vincent - 36 - East Patchouge, NY - Dec WTC
- D'Ambrosi, Jack L. - 45 - Woodcliff Lake, NJ - Dec WTC
- Damiani-Jones, Jeannine Marie - 28 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- D'Antonio, Mary Yolanda - 55 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- D'Atri, Edward Alexander - 38 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- D'Auria, Michael D. - 25 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- de Laura, Cristina - - Unknown - Msg WTC
- de Laura, Oscar - - Unknown - Msg WTC
- De Martini, Francis Albert - 49 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- De Santis, Jemal Legesse - 28 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- DeAngelis Jr., Robert J. - 47 - West Hempstead, NY - Dec WTC
- DeAngelis, Thomas P. - 51 - Westbury, NY - Dec E/R
- DeBarrera, Ana Gloria Pocasangre - 49 - Soyapango, El Salvador - Dec WTC
- DeCola, Paul - 39 - Ridgewood, NY - Dec WTC
- Deconto, Gerald Francis - 44 - Sandwich, MA - Dec Ptn
- DeFazio, Jason Christopher - 29 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- DeFeo, David A. - 37 - Flushing, NY - Dec WTC
- DeLeo, Vito Joseph - 41 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Delie, Danielle - 47 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Della Pietra, Joseph A. - 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Delli Gatti, Palmina - 33 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- DeLuca, Joseph - 52 - Ledgewood, NJ - Un 93
- Demas, Anthony - 61 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- DeMeo, Martin N. - 47 - Farmingville, NY - Dec E/R
- DePalma, Jean C. - 42 - Newfoundland, NJ - Dec WTC
- DeRienzo, Michael - 37 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Derubbio, David Paul - 38 - Bensonhurst, NY - Dec E/R
- DeSimone III, Edward - 36 - Atlantic Highlands, NJ - Dec WTC
- DeSimone, Christian D. - 23 - Ringwood, NJ - Dec WTC
- Desperito, Andrew J. - 44 - East Patchogue, NY - Dec E/R
- D'Esposito, Michael Jude - 32 - Morganville, NJ - Dec WTC
- DeVere, Melanie Louise - 30 - Portsmouth, England - Dec WTC
- DeVito, Jerry - 66 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Di Nardo Schorpp, Marisa - 38 - White Plains, NY - Dec WTC
- Diagostino, Michael L. - 41 - Garden City, NY - Dec WTC
- Dichiaro, Patricia F. - 63 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- DiFato, John - 39 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- DiFazio, Vincent Francis - 43 - Hampton, NJ - Dec WTC
- DiFranco, Carl - 27 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- DiFranco, Donald J. - 43 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- DiMartino, Debra Ann - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- DiMeglio, David - 22 - Wakefield, MA - Am 11
- Dimino, Stephen Patrick - 48 - Basking Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Dionisio Jr., Anthony - 38 - Glen Rock, NJ - Dec WTC
- DiPasquale, George - 33 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- DiPilato, Joseph - 57 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- DiStefano, Douglas Frank - 24 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- DiTullio, Donald Americo - 49 - Peabody, MA - Am 11
- Domanico, James Joseph - 56 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Eacobacci, Joseph Anthony - 26 - Flushing, NY - Dec WTC
- Fallone Jr., Anthony J. - 39 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Fanelli, Dolores B. - 38 - Farmingville, NY - Dec WTC
- Farino, Thomas J. - 37 - South Ozone Park, NY - Dec E/R
- Fava, Shannon M. - 30 - Bensonhurst, NY - Dec WTC
- Favuzza, Bernard D. - 52 - Suffern, NY - Dec WTC
- Fazio, Robert - 41 - Freeport, NY - Dec E/R
- Fazio, Ronald Carl - 57 - Closter, NJ - Dec WTC
- Ferraina, Elisa Giselle - 27 - London, England - Dec WTC
- Ferreira, Anne Marie Sallerin - 29 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Ferrugio, David Francis - 46 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Fersini, Louis V. - 38 - Basking Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Ferugio, Michael - 37 - Brooklyn Heights, NY - Dec WTC
- Fiorelli, Stephen J. - 43 - Aberdeen, NJ - Dec WTC
- Fiori, Paul - 31 - Yorktown Heights, NY - Dec WTC
- Fiorito, John - 40 - Stamford, CT - Dec WTC
- Fiumefreddo, Salvatore A. - 45 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Flocco, Matthew Michael - 21 - Newark, DE - Dec Ptn
- Florio, John Joseph - 33 - Oceanside, NY - Dec E/R
- Fontana, David - 37 - New York, NY - Dec E/R
- Foti, Robert Joseph - 42 - Albertson, NY - Dec E/R
- Fumando, Clement - 59 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Furmato, Paul James - 37 - Colts Neck, NJ - Dec WTC
- Gabrielle, Richard S. - 50 - West Haven, CT - Dec WTC
- Galante, Deanna - 32 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Galante, Grace - 29 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Galletti, Lourdes - 33 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Gallo, Cono E. - 30 - Maspeth, NY - Dec WTC
- Gallucci, Vincenzo - 36 - Monroe, NJ - Dec WTC
- Gambale, Giovanna "Genni" - 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Gambino Jr., Thomas - 48 - Babylon, NY - Dec E/R
- Gamboa, Giann F. - 26 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Gamboa, Ronald - 33 - Los Angeles, CA - Un 175
- Ganci, Peter - 54 - North Massapequa, NY - Dec E/R
- Garbarini, Charles William - 43 - Pleasantville, NY - Dec E/R
- Garfi, Francesco - 29 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Gargano, Rocco - 28 - Bayside, NY - Dec WTC
- Gazzani, Terence D. - 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Genco, Peter Victor - 36 - Rockville Centre, NY - Dec WTC
- Genovese, Steven Gregory - 37 - Basking Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Giaccone, Joseph M. - 43 - Monroe, NJ - Dec WTC
- Giammona, Vincent Francis - 40 - Valley Stream, NY - Dec E/R
- Giordano, Donna Marie - 44 - Parlin, NJ - Dec WTC
- Giordano, Jeffrey John - 46 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Giordano, John J. - 46 - Newburgh, NY - Dec E/R
- Giorgetti, Steven A. - 43 - Manhasset, NY - Dec WTC
- Giovinazzo Jr., Martin - 34 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Giraldo, Jinny Lady - 27 - Unknown - Msg WTC
- Gitto, Salvatore - 44 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Giugliano, Cynthia - 46 - Nesconset, NY - Dec WTC
- Gnazzo, John T. - 32 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Gogliormella, Michael - 43 - New Providence, NJ - Dec WTC
- Granitto, Elvira - 43 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Grazioso, John Michael - 41 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Grazioso, Tim - 42 - Gulf Stream, FL - Dec WTC
- Grillo, Joseph F. - 46 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Guzzardo, Barbara - 49 - Glendale, NY - Dec WTC
- Ianelli Jr., Joseph Anthony - 28 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Ielpi, Jonathan Lee - 29 - Great Neck, NY - Dec E/R
- Infante Jr., Anthony P. - 47 - Mountainside, NJ - Dec E/R
- Inghilterra, Louis Steven - 46 - New Castle, NY - Dec WTC
- Ingrassia, Christopher N. - 28 - Watchung, NJ - Dec WTC
- Innella, Paul William - 33 - East Brunswick, NJ - Dec WTC
- LaBorie, Kathryn L. - 44 - Providence, RI - Un 175
- LaCorte, Andrew - 61 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Lafalce, Joseph A. - 54 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- LaForte, Michael Patrick - 39 - Holmdel, NJ - Dec WTC
- Lafranco, Alan - 43 - Unknown - Msg WTC
- Lamana, Michael Scott - 31 - Baton Rouge, LA - Dec Ptn
- LaMantia, Steven - 38 - Darien, CT - Dec WTC
- Langone, Peter J. - 41 - Roslyn Heights, NY - Dec E/R
- Langone, Thomas Michael - 39 - Williston Park, NY - Dec E/R
- Lanza, Michele B. - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Lauria, Stephen James - 39 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Lavelle, Denis F. - 42 - Yonkers, NY - Dec WTC
- Laverde, Jeannine M. - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Lepore, Michael - 39 - Bronxville, NY - Dec WTC
- Libretti, Daniel F. - 43 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Licciardi, Ralph M. - 30 - West Hempstead, NY - Dec WTC
- Lillo, Carlos R. - 37 - Babylon, NY - Dec E/R
- Lilore, Craig Damian - 30 - Lyndhurst, NJ - Dec WTC
- Linares, Tomas Gallegos - - Queretaro, Mexico - Msg WTC
- Lipari, Diane Theresa - 42 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Lira, Kenneth P. - 28 - Paterson , NJ - Msg WTC
- Liriano, Francisco Alberto - 33 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Lisi, Lorraine - 44 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Litto, Vincent M. - 52 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Livera, Joseph - 67 - Unknown - Dec WTC
- Lizcano, Harold - 31 - East Elmhurst, NY - Dec WTC
- Lostrangio, Joseph - 48 - Langhorne, PA - Dec WTC
- Lovero, Joseph - 60 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Lucania, Charles Peter - 34 - East Atlantic Beach, NY - Dec WTC
- Lugano, Sean Thomas - 28 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Lugo, Daniel - 45 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Luparello, Anthony - 62 - Corona, NY - Dec WTC
- Luzzicone, Linda - 33 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Maffeo, Jennieann - 40 - Bensonhurst, NY - Dec WTC
- Maffeo, Joseph - 30 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Maggitti, Joseph - 47 - Abington, MD - Dec WTC
- Maio, Joseph - 32 - Roslyn Harbor, NY - Dec WTC
- Maldonado, Debora I. - 47 - South Ozone Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Maldonado-Agosto, Myrna T. - 49 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Mancini, Francisco - 26 - Astoria, NY - Dec WTC
- Mangano, Joseph - 53 - Jackson, NJ - Dec WTC
- Mannetta, Debra M. - 31 - Islip, NY - Dec WTC
- Marchese, Laura A. Giglio - 35 - Oceanside, NY - Dec WTC
- Margiotta, Charles Joseph - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Mariani, Louis Neil - 59 - Derry, NH - Un 175
- Marino, Kenneth Joseph - 40 - Monroe, NY - Dec E/R
- Marino, Lester Vincent - 57 - Massapequa, NY - Dec WTC
- Marino, Vita - 49 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Marlo, Kevin D. - 28 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Marrero, Jose J. - 32 - Old Bridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Martello, James - 41 - Rumson, NJ - Dec WTC
- Marti, Michael A. - 26 - Glendale, NY - Dec WTC
- Martini, Paul Richard - 37 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec E/R
- Mascali, Joseph A. - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Masi, Stephen F. - 55 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Massa, Nicholas "Nick" - 65 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Massari, Patricia Ann - 25 - Glendale, NY - Dec WTC
- Massaroli, Michael - 38 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Mastrandrea, Philip W. - 42 - Chatham, NJ - Dec WTC
- Mastrocinque, Rudolph - 43 - Kings Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Mattricciano, Marcello - 31 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Matuza, Walter - 39 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Mauro, Charles A. - 65 - Eltingville, NY - Dec WTC
- Mauro, Charles J. - 38 - Eltingville, NY - Dec WTC
- Mauro, Dorothy - 55 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Mauro, Nancy T. - 51 - Forest Hills, NY - Dec WTC
- Mazza-Delosh, Kathy Nancy - 46 - Farmingdale, NY - Dec E/R
- Mazzella Jr., Edward - 62 - Monroe, NY - Dec WTC
- Mazzotta, Jennifer - 23 - Maspeth, NY - Dec WTC
- Medaglia, Rocco - 49 - Melville, NY - Dec WTC
- Medina, Abigail - 46 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Medina, Ana Iris - 39 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Mello, Christopher D. - 25 - Boston, MA - Am 11
- Mena, Diarelia Jovannah - 30 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Mentis, Shevonne - 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Mercado, Steve - 38 - Bronx, NY - Dec E/R
- Mercurio, Ralph Joseph - 47 - Rockville Centre, NY - Dec WTC
- Merino, George C. - 39 - Bayside, NY - Dec WTC
- Merino, Yamel - 24 - Yonkers, NY - Dec E/R
- Micciulli, William Edward - 30 - Matawan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Milano, Peter Teague - 43 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Minara, Robert - 54 - Carmel, NY - Dec E/R
- Minardi, William G. - 46 - Bedford, NY - Dec WTC
- Minervino, Louis Joseph - 54 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Mingione, Thomas - - West Islip, NY - Msg E/R
- Mirpuri, Rajesh A. - 30 - Engelwood Cliffs, NJ - Dec WTC
- Mistrulli, Joseph - 47 - Wantagh, NY - Dec WTC
- Miuccio, Richard - 55 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Moccia Sr., Frank V. - 57 - Hauppauge, NY - Dec WTC
- Modafferi, Louis Joseph - 45 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Molina, Fernando Jiminez - - Oaxaca, Mexico - Msg WTC
- Molina, Manuel Dejesus - 31 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Molinaro, Carl - 32 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Molisani Jr., Justin J. - 42 - Middletown Township, NJ - Dec WTC
- Montanaro, Kristen - 34 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Montano, Craig D. - 38 - Glen Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Montesi, Michael G. - 39 - Highland Mills, NY - Dec E/R
- Morabito, Laura Lee - 34 - Framingham, MA - Am 11
- Morello, Steven P. - 52 - Bayonne, NJ - Dec WTC
- Morello, Vincent S. - 34 - Middle Village, NY - Dec E/R
- Moreno, Arturo Alva - - Mexico City, Mexico - Msg WTC
- Moreno, Yvette Nicole - 25 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Morrone, Ferdinand V. - 63 - Lakewood, NJ - Dec E/R
- Motroni Sr., Marco - 57 - Fort Lee, NJ - Dec WTC
- Mozzillo, Christopher - 27 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Murillo, Cesar Augusto - 32 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Murolo, Marc A. - 28 - Maywood, NJ - Dec WTC
- Napolitano, John - 33 - Ronkonkoma, NY - Dec E/R
- Nardella, Catherine - 40 - Bloomfield, NJ - Dec WTC
- Nardone, Mario - 32 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Navarro, Karen S. - 30 - Bayside, NY - Dec WTC
- Nazario, Francis - 28 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Nichilo, Jody Tepedino - 39 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Nicosia, Kathleen Ann - 54 - Winthrop, MA - Am 11
- Notaro, Daniela R. - 25 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Oliva, Linda Mary - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Orsini, Ronald - 59 - Hillsdale, NJ - Dec WTC
- Osorio-Oliva, Elsy Carolina - 27 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Palazzo, Jeffrey Matthew - 33 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Palazzo, Thomas Anthony - 44 - Armonk, NY - Dec WTC
- Palazzolo, Richard - 39 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Palombo, Frank A. - 46 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec E/R
- Palumbo, Alan - 42 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Pandolfo, Dominique Lisa - 27 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pansini, Paul J. - 35 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Paolillo, John M. - 51 - Glen Head, NY - Dec E/R
- Papa, Edward Joseph - 47 - Oyster Bay, NY - Dec WTC
- Papasso, Salvatore - 34 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Pappalardo, Marie - 53 - Paramount, CA - Un 175
- Parro, Robert - 35 - Levittown, NY - Dec E/R
- Passananti, Horace Robert - 55 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Passaro, Suzanne H. - 38 - East Brunswick, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pastrana, Victor Antonio Martinez - - Tlachichuca, Puebla, Mexico - Msg WTC
- Patrocino, Manuel - 34 - Unknown - Dec WTC
- Pecorelli, Thomas Nicholas - 31 - Topanga, CA - Am 11
- Pedicini, Thomas E. - 30 - Hicksville, NY - Dec WTC
- Pelino, Todd D. - 34 - Fair Haven, NJ - Dec WTC
- Peluso, Anthony - 46 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Peralta, Carl Allen - 37 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Percoco, Marie Vola - 37 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Perconti, Jon Anthony - 32 - Brick, NJ - Dec WTC
- Perroncino, Joseph John - 33 - Smithtown, NY - Dec WTC
- Perrotta, Edward Joseph - 43 - Mount Sinai, NY - Dec WTC
- Pesce, Danny - 34 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Petrocelli, Mark - 29 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Petti, Philip Scott - 43 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Pezzulo, Dominick A. - 36 - Bronx, NY - Dec E/R
- Pezzuti, Kaleen E. - 28 - Fair Haven, NJ - Dec WTC
- Piantieri, Eugenia - 55 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Picarro, Ludwig J. - 44 - Basking Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Picerno, Matthew - 44 - Holmdel, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pietronico, Bernard T. - 39 - Matawan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pietrunti, Nicholas P. - 38 - Belford, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pinto, Susan Elizabeth Ancona - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Plumitallo, Joseph - 45 - Manalapan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Pollicino, Steve - 48 - Plainview, NY - Dec WTC
- Pollio, Susan M. - 45 - Long Beach Township, NJ - Dec WTC
- Portillo, Anthony - 48 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Potorti, James Edward - 52 - Plainsboro, NJ - Dec WTC
- Preziose, Gregory M. - 34 - Holmdel, NJ - Dec WTC
- Princiotta, Vincent - 39 - Orangeburg, NY - Dec E/R
- Pugliese, Robert D. - 47 - East Fishkill, NY - Dec WTC
- Puopolo, Sonia Morales - 58 - Dover, MA - Am 11
- Racaniello, Christopher Peter A. - 30 - Little Neck, NY - Dec WTC
- Ragaglia, Leonard - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Raggio, Eugene J. - 55 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Ragonese-Snik, Laura Marie - 41 - Bangor, PA - Dec WTC
- Ragusa, Michael - - Unknown - Msg E/R
- Raimondi, Peter F. - 46 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Rauzi, Gerard - 42 - Flushing, NY - Dec WTC
- Reda, Gregory - 33 - New Hyde Park, NY - Dec WTC
- Reina, Joseph - 32 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Renda, Karen C. - 52 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Reo, John Armand - 28 - Larchmont, NY - Dec WTC
- Rescorla, Richard C. - 62 - Morristown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Resta, John Thomas - 40 - Bayside, NY - Dec WTC
- Resta, Sylvia San Pio - 27 - Bayside, NY - Dec WTC
- Riccardelli, Francis Saverio - 40 - Westwood, NJ - Dec WTC
- Riccio, Rudolph N. - 50 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Riccoboni, AnnMarie Davi - 58 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Rigo, John M. - 48 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Rimmele III, Frederick Charles - 32 - Marblehead, MA - Un 175
- Risco, Theresa "Ginger" - 48 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Riso, Rose Mary - 55 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Rivelli Jr., Joseph - 43 - Manhattan, NY - Dec E/R
- Riverso, Joseph R. - 34 - White Plains, NY - Dec WTC
- Rizza, Paul V. - 34 - Park Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Rizzo, John Frank - 50 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Roberto, Joseph - 37 - Midland Park, NJ - Dec WTC
- Roma, Keith - 27 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Romagnolo, Joseph M. - 37 - Coram, NY - Dec WTC
- Romero Sr., Efrain Franco - 57 - Hazleton, PA - Dec WTC
- Romero, Elvin Santiago - 34 - Matawan, NJ - Dec WTC
- Romito, James A. - 51 - Westwood, NJ - Dec E/R
- Rosario, Aida - 42 - Jersey City, NJ - Dec WTC
- Rosario, Angela - 27 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Rossetti, Daniel - 32 - Bloomfield, NJ - Dec WTC
- Rossomando, Nicholas - 35 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Rubino, Joanne - 45 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Ruggiere, Bart Joseph - 32 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Ruggiero, Susan Ann - 30 - Plainview, NY - Dec WTC
- Sabella, Thomas E. - 44 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Sacerdote, Joseph F. - 48 - Freehold, NJ - Dec WTC
- Salamone, John Patrick - 37 - North Caldwell, NJ - Dec WTC
- Salamone, Marjorie C. - 53 - Springfield, VA - Dec Ptn
- Salcedo, Esmerlin Antonio - 36 - Bronx, NY - Dec WTC
- Salerno, John Salvatore - 31 - Westfield, NJ - Dec WTC
- Salinardi, Richard L. - 32 - Hoboken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Salvaterra, Frank G. - 41 - Manhasset, NY - Dec WTC
- Salvio, Paul - 27 - Midwood, NY - Dec WTC
- Salvo, Samuel R. - 59 - Yonkers, NY - Dec WTC
- Sammartino, John - 37 - Annadale, VA - Am 77
- Santo, Susan G. - 24 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Santora, Christopher - 23 - New York, NY - Dec E/R
- Santore, John - 49 - Staten Island, NY - Dec E/R
- Santoro, Mario L. - 28 - Manhattan, NY - Dec E/R
- Santos, Dominick - 36 - Bronx, NY - Dec E/R
- Santos, Rufino Condrado F. "Roy" - 37 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Saracini, Victor J. - 51 - Lower Makefield Township, PA - Un 175
- Sattaluri, Deepika Kumar - 33 - Edison, NJ - Dec WTC
- Sbarbaro, John - 45 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Scandole, Robert Louis "Rob" - 36 - Pelham Manor, NY - Dec WTC
- Scarpitta, Michelle - 26 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Scauso, Dennis - 46 - Dix Hills, NY - Dec E/R
- Scibetta, Adrianne - 31 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Scorca, Raphael - 61 - Beachwood, NJ - Dec WTC
- Sellitto, Matthew Carmen - 23 - Morristown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Sereno, Arturo Angelo - 29 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Serrano, Frankie - 23 - Elizabeth, NJ - Dec WTC
- Serva, Marion - 47 - Stafford, VA - Dec Ptn
- Sesinova, Alena - 57 - Brooklyn Heights, NY - Dec WTC
- Sessa, Adele - 36 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Sezna Jr., Davis G. "Deeg" - 22 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Siracuse, Peter A. - 29 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Skala, John P. - 31 - Clifton, NJ - Dec E/R
- Smagala Jr., Stanley S. - 36 - Holbrook, NY - Dec E/R
- Sorresse, Michael C. - 34 - Morris Plains, NJ - Dec WTC
- Soto, Fabian - 31 - Harrison, NJ - Dec WTC
- Spagnoletti, Gregory T. - 32 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Spampinato, Donald - 39 - Manhasset, NY - Dec WTC
- Sparacio, Thomas - 35 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Spataro, John Anthony - 32 - Mineola, NY - Dec WTC
- Sperando, Mary Rubina - 39 - Queens, NY - Dec WTC
- Spinelli, Frank J. - 44 - Short Hills, NJ - Dec WTC
- Starita, Anthony M. - 35 - Westfield, NJ - Dec WTC
- Strada, Thomas S. - 41 - Chatham, NJ - Dec WTC
- Suozzo, James Joseph - 47 - Hauppauge, NY - Dec WTC
- Taddei, Norma C. - 64 - Woodside, NY - Dec WTC
- Taddonio, Michael - 39 - Huntington, NY - Dec WTC
- Talignani, John - 74 - New York, NY - Un 93
- Tamuccio, Michael Andrew - 37 - Pelham Manor, NY - Dec WTC
- Taormina, Dennis Gerard - 36 - Montville, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tarantino, Kenneth Joseph - 39 - Bayonne, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tartaro, Ronald - 38 - Bridgewater, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tempesta, Anthony - 38 - Elizabeth, NJ - Dec WTC
- Terrenzi, Brian John - 28 - Hicksville, NY - Dec WTC
- Tieri Jr., Sal Edward - 40 - Shrewsbury, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tieste, William Randolph - 54 - Basking Ridge, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tino, Jennifer Marie - 29 - West Caldwell, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tipaldi, Robert Frank - 25 - Dyker Heights, NY - Dec WTC
- Tirado Jr., Hector Luis - 30 - Bronx, NY - Dec E/R
- Tirado, David Lawrence - 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Titolo, Michelle - 34 - Copiague, NY - Dec WTC
- Todisco, Richard J. - 61 - Wyckoff, NJ - Dec WTC
- Traina, Christopher M. - 25 - Brick, NJ - Dec WTC
- Traore, Abdoul Karim - 41 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Trentini, James Anthony - 65 - Everett, MA - Am 11
- Trentini, Mary - 67 - Everett, MA - Am 11
- Trerotola, Lisa L. - 36 - Hazlet, NJ - Dec WTC
- Trerra, Karamo - 40 - Manhattan, NY - Dec WTC
- Trombino, Francis Joseph - 68 - Clifton, NJ - Dec WTC
- Tuzio, Donald Joseph - 51 - Goshen, NY - Dec WTC
- Uliano, Michael A. - 42 - Aberdeen, NJ - Dec WTC
- Vaccacio, John Damien - 30 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Valvo II, Carlton Francis - 38 - New York, NY - Dec WTC
- Varacchi, Frederick T. - 35 - Greenwich, CT - Dec WTC
- Velamuri, Sankara - 63 - Avenel, NJ - Dec WTC
- Ventura, Anthony M. - 41 - Middletown, NJ - Dec WTC
- Vera, David - 41 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Vero, Loretta A. - 51 - Nanuet, NY - Dec WTC
- Vialonga, Christopher - 30 - Demarest, NJ - Dec WTC
- Vianna, Matthew Gilbert - 23 - Manhasset, NY - Dec WTC
- Vicario, Robert A. - 40 - Weehawken, NJ - Dec WTC
- Vigiano II, John T. - 36 - West Islip, NY - Dec E/R
- Vigiano, Joseph Vincent - 34 - Medford, NY - Dec E/R
- Vignola Jr., Frank J. - 44 - Merrick, NY - Dec WTC
- Vilardo, Joseph B. - 44 - Stanhope, NJ - Dec WTC
- Villanueva, Sergio - 33 - Jackson Heights, NY - Msg E/R
- Vincelli, Chantal - 38 - Harlem, NY - Dec WTC
- Virgilio, Francine A. - 48 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Virgilio, Lawrence - 38 - Unknown - Dec E/R
- Visciano, Joseph G. - 22 - Staten Island, NY - Dec WTC
- Vitale, Joshua S. - 28 - Great Neck, NY - Dec WTC
- Zaccoli, Joseph - 39 - Valley Stream, NY - Dec WTC
- Zambrana Jr., Edwin J. - 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Dec WTC
- Zampieri, Robert Alan "Robbie" - 30 - Saddle River, NJ - Dec WTC
- Zangrilli, Mark - 36 - Pompton Plains, NJ - Dec WTC
- Zarba, Christopher Rudoph - 47 - Hopkinton, MA - Am 11
- Zedillo, Aurelio - - Mexico - Msg WTC
- Zinzi, Michael Joseph - 37 - Newfoundland, NJ - Dec WTC
- Zisa, Salvatore J. - 45 - Hawthorne, NJ - Dec WTC
- Zuccala, Joseph J. - 54 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Dec WTC
Never Forget...
--GVI
Bodyguards rushing Pope John Paul II to safety after he was shot
in Saint Peter's Square by Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca, May 13, 1981.
in Saint Peter's Square by Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca, May 13, 1981.
St. Pope John Paul II meets with Mehmet Ali Agca,
the man who tried to assassinate him, in a Roman prison cell, 1983.
the man who tried to assassinate him, in a Roman prison cell, 1983.
Riding in his Popemobile across Piazza san Pietro on May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot by Mehmet Ali Aqca, who had escaped from a Turkish prison after receiving a life sentence for murdering a journalist. Aqca fired four shots with his pistol with two shots striking the Pope in his lower abdomen, and two more in his arm and finger. There were also two other people who were shot and survived.
Aqca had an accomplice who was supposed to set off a bomb but instead fled the scene. Both Aqca and Oral Celik were captured and arrested.
The Pope survived his severe injuries, and then asked Catholics to pray for Aqca, whom he had forgiven.
An Italian court sentenced Aqca to life in prison. In 1983, John Paul II visited him in his stark prison cell and spent time praying and talking. The Pope stayed in touch with Aqca’s family during the years and in 2000 requested his pardon. The request was granted.
Aqca was released and deported to Turkey, where he was imprisoned for the life sentence he had fled decades prior. He converted to Christianity while incarcerated, and was finally released in 2010.
Aqca had an accomplice who was supposed to set off a bomb but instead fled the scene. Both Aqca and Oral Celik were captured and arrested.
The Pope survived his severe injuries, and then asked Catholics to pray for Aqca, whom he had forgiven.
An Italian court sentenced Aqca to life in prison. In 1983, John Paul II visited him in his stark prison cell and spent time praying and talking. The Pope stayed in touch with Aqca’s family during the years and in 2000 requested his pardon. The request was granted.
Aqca was released and deported to Turkey, where he was imprisoned for the life sentence he had fled decades prior. He converted to Christianity while incarcerated, and was finally released in 2010.
In December 2014, Aqca returned to Rome and
laid two dozen white roses at the pope’s tomb.
laid two dozen white roses at the pope’s tomb.
The act of forgiveness is a powerful tool in life
that many of us have yet to master.
--Jerry Finzi
that many of us have yet to master.
--Jerry Finzi
Museo Galileo - Museum of the History of Science in Florence
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Galileo invented many mechanical devices besides the telescope, such as the hydrostatic balance, a pendulum clock and a high power water pump powered by one horse. Of course, his most famous invention was the telescope. Galileo made his first telescope in 1609, modeled after telescopes produced in other parts of Europe that could magnify objects three times. He created a telescope later that same year that could magnify objects twenty times. You might argue that although he didn't invent the first telescope, he obviously improved upon it.
With this telescope, he was able to look at the moon, discover the four satellites of Jupiter, observe a supernova, verify the phases of Venus, and discover sunspots. His discoveries proved the Copernican system which states that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Prior to the Copernican system, it was held that the universe was geocentric, meaning the sun revolved around the earth
With this telescope, he was able to look at the moon, discover the four satellites of Jupiter, observe a supernova, verify the phases of Venus, and discover sunspots. His discoveries proved the Copernican system which states that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Prior to the Copernican system, it was held that the universe was geocentric, meaning the sun revolved around the earth
His name doesn’t sound Irish when you read it in the Spanish naval documents, but Guillermo Herries (a Portuguese translation of his name) was really William Harris of Galway. It’s no surprise that Irish children never heard of “Guillermo” even though he was a member of Columbus’ First Voyage with the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria…
As historians have theorized based on their evidence, William Harris first met Columbus at St Nicholas’ Church in Galway in 1477. Some say he discussed strange, unknown plant seeds and other objects washing up along the shoreline in Ireland possibly from some far off land, while others think Harris boasted to Columbus that he had actually sailed to those lands to the west. Columbus was also emboldened by stories he heard of the 6th century monk, St. Brendan and his voyage to the New World.
It’s not too difficult to believe that Harris might have reached America before 1492, since it’s been proven that Leif Erickson had also been there hundreds of years earlier in a failed attempt at setting up a colony in the northern regions.
“Guillermo Herries” is one of 38 people listed as being left by Columbus in Haiti to form
the first European settlement in the New World. In the end, after a short time, the native population slaughtered them all.
Still, we must honor both the Italians, Portuguese and even the Irishman that took part in opening up the New World to European culture…
Happy Saint Patrick's Day a tutti!
--Jerry Finzi
As historians have theorized based on their evidence, William Harris first met Columbus at St Nicholas’ Church in Galway in 1477. Some say he discussed strange, unknown plant seeds and other objects washing up along the shoreline in Ireland possibly from some far off land, while others think Harris boasted to Columbus that he had actually sailed to those lands to the west. Columbus was also emboldened by stories he heard of the 6th century monk, St. Brendan and his voyage to the New World.
It’s not too difficult to believe that Harris might have reached America before 1492, since it’s been proven that Leif Erickson had also been there hundreds of years earlier in a failed attempt at setting up a colony in the northern regions.
“Guillermo Herries” is one of 38 people listed as being left by Columbus in Haiti to form
the first European settlement in the New World. In the end, after a short time, the native population slaughtered them all.
Still, we must honor both the Italians, Portuguese and even the Irishman that took part in opening up the New World to European culture…
Happy Saint Patrick's Day a tutti!
--Jerry Finzi
Evangelista Torricelli was born Oct. 15, 1608 in Faenza, Romagna. He was an Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer, a device that measures atmospheric pressure, commonly used in forecasting changes in the weather. The catalyst for inventing the barometer was spurred on my a suggestion by Galileo that Torricelli use mercury in place of water for his vacuum experiments.
After reading his papers in 1641, Galileo invited Torricelli to Florence, where he became the aging astronomer's secretary and assistant during the last three months of Galileo’s life. After Galileo's death, Torricelli was appointed as his successor as professor of mathematics at the Florentine Academy.
Two years later, pursuing the suggestion by Galileo, he filled a glass tube 4 feet (1.2 m) long with mercury and inverted the tube into a dish. He observed that some of the mercury did not flow out and that the space above the mercury in the tube was a vacuum. Torricelli became the first man to create a sustained vacuum. His observations proved that the variation of the height of the mercury from day to day was caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. He never published his findings, however, because he was too deeply involved in the study of pure mathematics. Since atmospheric pressure also changes with altitude, Torricelli's barometer also could be used as an altimeter.
Torricelli died Oct. 25, 1647 in Florence at a mere 39 years old.
As a further honor, Torricelli had both a crater on the moon and a submarine named after him...
After reading his papers in 1641, Galileo invited Torricelli to Florence, where he became the aging astronomer's secretary and assistant during the last three months of Galileo’s life. After Galileo's death, Torricelli was appointed as his successor as professor of mathematics at the Florentine Academy.
Two years later, pursuing the suggestion by Galileo, he filled a glass tube 4 feet (1.2 m) long with mercury and inverted the tube into a dish. He observed that some of the mercury did not flow out and that the space above the mercury in the tube was a vacuum. Torricelli became the first man to create a sustained vacuum. His observations proved that the variation of the height of the mercury from day to day was caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. He never published his findings, however, because he was too deeply involved in the study of pure mathematics. Since atmospheric pressure also changes with altitude, Torricelli's barometer also could be used as an altimeter.
Torricelli died Oct. 25, 1647 in Florence at a mere 39 years old.
As a further honor, Torricelli had both a crater on the moon and a submarine named after him...
 Torricelli Crater on the Moon |  Italian Evangelista Torricelli (S-512), c. 1960 (formerly called the Lizardfish in the U.S. Navy) |
Play the video to see how Torricelli's experiment worked.
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