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9/11 Be A Hero For Zero Caddie Team reunites in 2018 They walked, talked and never forgot why Greg Corbo (center) John Pasquale (left) and Jimmy Czerwinski take a moment to recognize the 9/11 victims in downtown Newark with the special edition United States golf bag donated for the walk by Jones Golf. (photo by Rob Swenson)
On September 11, 2018, the Be A Hero for Zero caddie team of Northern New Jersey resurfaced and walked (12.11 miles) with full sets of clubs in golf bags from West Orange, N.J., to the Freedom Tower, One World Trade Center to honor and remember the victims of the Trade Center attacks in 2001. The trio of Greg Corbo “Corbs” (Baltusrol, Streamsong) James Czerwinski “Ski” (Essex County, Upper Montclair CC) and John Pasquale “Squally” (Montclair Golf Club, Essex County) marched in special memory this year for James Leslie Crawford, Jr, 33, Christoper Robert Clarke, 34, Patrick Aloysius Hoey, 53, and Paul Andrew Acquaviva, 29. 26
Ski and Squally on the move in the 9/11 Memorial Oculus. (photo by Greg Corbo)
Both Crawford and Clarke were former members of Baltusrol Golf Club (Springfield, NJ) where Corbo works. Jimmy Ski caddies regularly for Michael Hoey, the son of Patrick, who was the former Executive Manager for bridges, tunnels and terminals for the Port Authority. Acquaviva is a Wayne Valley High School graduate (1990) along with Corbo (1992). Both played football and won state championships for the program. “As we’ve indicated over the years, we do this walk to remember all 2,977 victims that were lost that day 17 years ago,” said Corbo, the founder of the walk in 2008. “But every year we like to highlight certain individuGolf Central • Volume 19, Issue 5