FDNY Line of Duty Death
November 27, 1929 - LODD
Fireman William Vogel, 28
Ladder 1
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Vogel died as a result of the injuries he sustained on November 25th, while operating at Manhattan Box 206.
Fire conditions were severe when Firemen William Vogel and Edward V. Conroy of Ladder 1 proceeded up the smoke-filled interior stairway to search for people trapped on the upper floors. On the third story they were trapped by the fire and severely burned. Disregarding his own safety, Fireman Conroy picked up his unconscious comrade. In doing so, the seared flesh was scraped from his hands and arms, but he managed to carry him to the stairway where both were assisted to the street. Fireman Vogel was given oxygen for twenty-four hours before he died in the hospital on the 27th. He was married, the father of two children and was twenty-eight years old. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
RIP. Never forget.