Remembering The New York Based Caribbean Immigrants Of 9/11

A woman becomes emotional as she reads the names of victims during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial, September 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

By NAN Staff Writer

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Sept. 12, 2017: It’s been 16 years already since that horrific day on September 11, 2011 when some 2,800 people – an estimated 600 of whom were migrants and some 110 of whom were Caribbean immigrants – lost their lives. This year, as the city paused to mark another anniversary and yet again read out loud the name of each victim, we remember the Caribbean immigrants who called New York City home. May we never forget!

On the 1st anniversary of the 911, the NYFD, and other NY, services, marched from Floyd Bennett Field, in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, on 9/11/2002, to the WTC, site in lower Manhattan, New York. (Hayden Roger Celestin image)

Guyana

Nezam A. Hafiz, South Ozone Park, NY – would have turned 49 this year.

Annette Andrea Dataram, South Ozone Park, NY – would have turned 41 this year.

Ricknauth Jaggernauth, New York, NY – would have turned 74 this year.

Sarah Khan, Queens, NY – would have turned 48 this year.

Amenia Rasool, Staten Island, NY – would have turned 49 this year.

Sita Nermalla Sewnarine, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 53 this year.

Hardai Parbhu, New York, NY – would have turned 58 this year.

On the evening of the attacks, on 9/11/2001, as the WTC site billowed with smoke, NYPD officers, stationed on both ends of the Brooklyn Bridge, checked on pedestrians, as they get some rest, while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. (Hayden Roger Celestin image)

Jamaica

Delrose E. Forbes Cheatham, New York, NY – would have turned 64 this year.

Joyce Smith, Queens, NY – would have turned 71 this year.

Vaswald George Hall, St. Albans, NY – would have turned 66 this year.

Derrick Auther Green, Bronx, NY – would have turned 60 this year.

John Sylvester White, New York, NY – would have turned 64 this year.

Lloyd Stanford Brown, Bronxville, NY – would have turned 44 this year.

Kerene Gordon, Far Rockaway, NY – would have turned 58 this year.

Denise Marie Gregory, Queens, NY – would have turned 55 this year.

Michael Richards, Jamaica, NY, – would have turned 54 this year.

Antigua & Barbuda

Albert Gunnis Joseph, Manhattan, NY – would have turned 95 this year if he had lived that long.

Catherina Henry-Robinson, Bronx, NY – would have turned 61 this year.

Barbados

Colin Arthur Bonnett, Crown Heights, NY – would have turned 55 this year.

Pauline Francis, New York, NY – would have turned 73 this year.

Dominica

Fitzroy St. Rose, South Bronx, NY – would have turned 56 this year.

Lucy Francis, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 79 this year.

Dominican Republic

There were an estimated 47 DR nationals who died on 9/11 including:

Pedro Checo, New York, NY – would have been 51 this year.

Faustino Apostol, Staten Island, NY – would have turned 71 this year.

Alvarez Victoria Brito, Elmhurst, NY – would have turned 54 this year.

David Agnes, New York, NY – would have turned 62 this year.

Frank Thomas Aquilino, Staten Island, NY – would have turned 42 this year.

Lilian Caceres, Staten Island, NY – would have turned 64 this year.

Jaime Concepcion, Manhattan, NY – would have turned 62 this year.

Nestor Chevalier, New York, NY – would have turned 46 this year.

Haiti

Mark Y. Gilles, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 49 this year.

Andre Bonheur, Jr., Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 56 this year.

Francois Jean-Pierre, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 74 this year.

Trinidad and Tobago

Rena Sam Dinnoo, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 44 this year.

Glenroy I. Neblett, New York, NY – would have turned 58 this year.

Boyie Mohammed, New York, NY – would have turned 66 this year.

Clara Victorine Hinds, Far Rockaway, NY – would have turned 68 this year.

Anthony Portillo, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 64 this year.

Goumatie Thackurdeen, South Ozone Park, NY – would have turned 51 this year.

Puerto Rico

Edna Cintron, New York, NY – would have turned 62 this year.

Alexis Leduc, Bronx, NY – would have turned 61 this year.

Ivan Vale, Ridgewood, NY – would have turned 43 this year.

Santos Valentin Jr., Richmond Hill, NY – would have turned 55 this year.

Peter Vega, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 52 this year.

Norberto Hernandez, New York, NY – would have turned 58 this year.

Carlos Segarra, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 70 this year.

Angel M. Pabon, Jr., Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 70 this year.

Victor Daniel Barbosa, Bronx, NY – would have turned 39 this year.

Juan Nieves, Jr., Bronx, NY – would have turned 72 this year.

Paul DeCola, Ridgewood, NY – would have turned 55 this year.

Matthew Diaz, Brooklyn, NY – would have turned 49 this year.

Milagros Hromada, Queens, NY – would have turned 51 this year.

Linda Ivelisse Rivera, Far Rockaway, NY – would have turned 42 this year.

Ivan Antonio Perez, Ozone Park, NY – would have turned 53 this year.

Grenada

Jeffrey G. LaTouche, Jamaica, NY – would have turned 65 this year.