FDNY Line of Duty Death
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Lieutenant Thomas F. Kain, 71
Engine 212
FDNY. Brooklyn, New York
Lieutenant Kain died as a result of severe smoke inhalation sustained while operating at a fire on October 9, 1930. Lieutenant Kain was a 50 year veteran of the department, and had died just hours after he had made 50 years on the job.
Lieutenant Thomas F. Kain of Engine 212 was overcome by smoke while operating at a fire at 152 India Street. In his forty-nine years as a fireman this was his first injury. He was taken to St. Catherine’s Hospital. Several hours after completing his fiftieth anniversary he passed away. Knowing he was slipping, his only wish was to see his fiftieth anniversary. He was a member of Engine 212 for the past twenty years and was seventy-one years old at his death. He lived in the Howard Beach section of Queens. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
RIP. Never forget.
Originally a member of Engine 12, Brooklyn Fire Department
Engine 212 quarters
