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Thursday, August 23, 2007
BROOKLYN COMES OUT FOR FIREFIGHTER'S FUNERAL
NYC Firefighters lined Fort Hamilton Avenue in Dyker Heights paying tribute to one of their own. Reminiscent of the funerals and memorials after 9/11, the close proximity to the 6th anniversary is making for a very difficult time for the FDNY community.
Firefighter Joseph Graffagnino, 33, who died in the Deutsche Bank fire on Saturdaybuilding in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, was mourned this morning at a very large funeral Mass at Saint Ephrem’s Church, at 929 Bay Ridge Parkway at Fort Hamilton Parkway.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg were both scheduled to speak. The other firefighter who was killed on Saturday, Robert Beddia wll be buried on Friday after a funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
August 23, 2007 in Obituaries | Permalink
Comments
Jay - You are a dope. Also, you are clearly not a New Yorker.
Posted by: kae | Aug 24, 2007 8:59:11 AM
Lol. Every time a fireman dies they act as though an Angel has somehow passed away. It is ridiculous and out of control, these people know what they are getting into, they are not heroes just civil servants.
Posted by: Jay | Aug 24, 2007 4:34:13 AM
