The Fire Department of the City of New York has suffered a tremendous loss. Three firefighters are dead and several more in critical condition. The first two line of duty deaths occured in The Bronx. A covering Lieutenant and Firefighter from Ladder Company 27 were killed when they were forced to jump from a top floor of an apartment building fire. At least three others had to jump as well. They remain in critical condition. The second fire occured in Brooklyn, NY. Members of Engine 290 and Ladder 103 were transported from this fire to a Hyperbaric Chamber at a local Trauma Center. One firefighter succombed due to his injuries. The Members of The Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department offer our deepest sympathies to the friends and family of the three members killed in the line of duty and our thoughts and prayers to those members remaining in critical condition. The complete story can be viewed at the home page of www.firehouse.com or at http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=39&id=38633
Three of New York's bravest
Area firefighters watch, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, as colleagues hang bunting on their Engine 26 Ladder 27 firehouse in memory of firefighter John Bellew of Ladder 27, who was killed with another firefighter while battling a Bronx blaze Sunday that injured serveral other firefighters. With the death of a third firefighter in Brooklyn, Sunday was the deadliest day the New York City Fire Dept. has seen since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center
