FDNY Line of Duty Death
July 5, 1943 - LODD
Captain James H. Savage, 38
Ladder 131
FDNY. Red Hook - Brooklyn, New York
Captain Savage and two other firemen were overcome by smoke at an old law tenement at 435 Court St on July 3rd. They were all taken to Holy Name Hospital, where hours later Captain Savage died of smoke inhalation. The other two firemen were treated and released.
Captain James H. Savage [Ladder 131] was overcome by smoke on July 3, 1943 while operating at 435 Court Street. He was removed to two different hospitals for treatment, but never regained consciousness. Two hospital interns spent over fifty hours at Captain Savage’s bedside treating him. When he did not respond to treatment, an iron lung was procured from Jewish Hospital, but that too was of no avail. Captain Savage was a member of the Department for seventeen years and left behind a wife and two children. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
RIP. Never forget
