FDNY Line of Duty Deaths
https://www.facebook.com/fireservic...ZdqB75E2FU4vStBLk8lOpq36c5hoblA&__tn__=,O,P-RDecember 25, 1906 - LODD
Fireman Joseph Finger, 32
Ladder 29
FDNY. Bronx, New York
Fireman Finger died from the injuries he sustained after he was thrown from the apparatus he was riding on, and run over, while returning to quarters. Six other firemen were also injured. Fireman Finger was transported to the hospital, where he died a short time later.
Fireman Joseph Finger was driving Ladder 29 back to quarters from a fire at 271 Ryder Avenue. While turning from St. Ann’s Avenue onto East 138th Street the horses bolted. Fireman Finger, not wearing a seat belt, was jerked from his seat to the ground and the wheels passed over him. Six other fireman were injured, none seriously. Once at Lincoln Hospital, doctors discovered that Fireman Finger suffered from internal injuries and six fractured ribs. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2006)
RIP. Never forget.
