Madison Square Fire

[ladder12]

Today, October 17, 2008, is the 42nd anniversary of the Madison Square Fire in which the followiing 12 Members of the FDNY lost their lives:


Deputy Chief Thomas Reilly (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Tom+Reilly)
Battalion Chief Walter Higgins (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Walter+Higgins)
Lt. Joseph Priore (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Joseph+Priore)
Lt. John Finley (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/John+Finley)
Fireman William McCarron
Fireman James Galanaugh (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/James+Galanaugh)
Fireman Joseph Kelly
Fireman Daniel Rey (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Daniel+Rey)
Fireman Bernard Tepper (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bernard+Tepper)
Fireman John Berry (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/John+Berry)
Fireman Rudolph Kaminsky (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Rudolph+Kaminsky)
Fireman Carl Lee (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Carl+Lee)



Keep them and their families in your prayers.

[stache]

Here is a cut and paste from another thread that talks about this tragedy -

I came across an article on Wikipedia that explains how the parcel for this building became ready for redevelopment at that time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Street_Fire
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Great fiind ^

Pictures from the NY Times story linked as a Wikipedia reference
(note in the top photo the illuminated clock tower in the distance):

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/17/nyregion/600_fire.jpg
Larry Morris/The New York Times
The scene at Broadway and 22nd Street on Oct. 17, 1966.
It was the Fire Department’s heaviest loss of life, until
the World Trade Center’s two towers fell.

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NY1

Updated 10/17/2008 06:06 PM

Wreath Ceremony Marks Anniversary Of Deadly Fire

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Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and other city officials and firefighters gathered Friday for a wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the former Wonder Drug Store in Manhattan.

The event marked the 42nd anniversary of the 23rd Street fire which claimed the lives of a dozen firefighters.

The fallen heroes represented every rank in the department, from probationary firefighter to Deputy Chief.

Relatives say they will never be forgotten.

"The fire happened before I was born. So all the stories I've heard about my grandfather were, you know, related to me from guys that he had worked with and guys who knew him back then," said Brian Finley of the FDNY. "They always said he was a tough guy, but fair. He was a lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department. That's, that's an accomplishment right there."

The 23rd Street Fire was the second-deadliest tragedy for the Fire Department, behind 9/11.


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