Lessons from the Fireground FDNY-The Bronx January 23, 2005 Black Sunday-Remembrance

From BuildingsonFire.com

Three veteran FDNY firefighters died in the LODD in Brooklyn, New York and the Bronx on Sunday January 23, 2005, a day that has become known as “Black Sunday” and called one of the saddest in fire department history. Two firefighters were killed and four others were badly hurt when they were forced to jump from a fourth-floor window of a burning building in the Bronx. Later, a third firefighter died after tackling a basement blaze in Brooklyn.Lt. Curtis Meyran, 46, of Battalion 26, and Firefighter John Bellew, 37, of Ladder 27, died after battling the Bronx blaze on East 178th Street in the Morris Heights section.

Three firefighters were in critical condition at St. Barnabas, and a fourth was in serious condition at Jacobi Medical Center. Six Bronx firefighters became trapped in the building while searching for people on the fourth floor. When the fire from the third floor broke through to the fourth, they were faced with a horrifying choice. They jumped out a fourth-floor window, knowing that they would be critically injured.

Firefighters Jeffrey Cool, Joseph DiBernardo, Eugene Stolowski, and Cawley were badly hurt in the Bronx fire. They were trapped on the fourth floor and were left with the life-or-death choice of leaping 50 feet or burning up. The Brooklyn firefighter, Richard Sclafani, 37, died at a hospital after being injured at a two-alarm fire in the East New York section.

From a past post on CommandSafety.com
http://commandsafety.com/2011/01/remembering-fdny-black-sunday…thre...

Lt. Joseph Di Bernardo FDNY Granted LODD Status. Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano authorizing the inclusion of retired Lieutenant Joseph DiBernardo’s name on the FDNY’s Wall of Honor at Fire Department Headquarters in Brooklyn. Lieutenant DiBernardo, who died of an accidental drug overdose on November 22, 2011, suffered critical injuries on “Black Sunday” – January 23, 2005 – when he and five other firefighters were forced to jump from a fourth floor window after being trapped by fire.


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