FDNY Fire Service Line of Duty Death
May 4, 1955 - LODD
Fireman Andrew K. Wright, 34
Engine 17
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Wright died after collapsing while operating at a fire at 66 Pike Street. He was treated on scene and transported to the hospital where he died shortly after arrival.
While rolling up hose, Fireman Andrew K. Wright of Engine 17 collapsed after fighting a fire at 66 Pike Street in an abandoned synagogue. Members of Engine 17 quickly gave him first aid before rushing him to Gouverneur Hospital where he died. He was thirty-four years old and a member of the Fire Department since June 6, 1953 and was a Police Officer for six years before that. Born in Manhattan, he moved to Staten Island in 1928 as a small child. He was not married but left a brother, George, a member of Engine 162, and a sister. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
RIP. Never forget.
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