UPDATE: The FDNY and the city are mourning Firefighter Jesse Gerhard, who died Thursday, less than two days after battling a house fire in Queens. NatDuddridgeTV has the latest.
. He suffered a medical episode and collapsed at the Ladder 134 fire house at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.“The other members heard a noise like a collapse and responded to find him unconscious. Despite the valiant efforts of both our members and the hospital staff, he was pronounced,” Acting FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said.
A procession of fire trucks and police cruisers carried Gerhard’s body to the medical examiner’s office on Thursday morning.ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in remembrance of the 33-year-old, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported. “He is exactly what we would want an FDNY member to be,” Kavanagh said. “He had dreamed his whole life of becoming a member of the FDNY and he had achieved that dream, responding every day to help New Yorkers in need.”Officials said Gerhard was assigned to the “irons” position, meaning he was the first to enter the burning building and search for victims.
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