FDNY Line of Duty Death
May 30, 1976 - LODD
Firefighter Patrick J. Cleary, 48
Engine 219
FDNY. Brooklyn, New York
After responding to several prior alarms, he arrived at a fire in an apartment house and found a mother and son trapped at a third floor window. After climbing a ladder twice and rescuing both, he suddenly collapsed at the scene. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died a short time later as a result of an acute heart attack.
RIP. Never forget.
