FDNY Line of Duty Death
December 4, 1870 - LODD
Fireman Mathias Henes
Ladder 4
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Henes died as a result of a crushed skull after being caught between the truck and a mailbox on the southwest corner of Eighth Avenue and West 48th Street while responding to an alarm on November 22, 1867. The injury to his head proved fatal.
RIP. Never forget.