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Permalink Reply by YOU GO, WE GO on January 4, 2008 at 12:34am

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THE LOSS OF ANOTHER BROTHER

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on January 4, 2008 at 10:49am

Unfortunately, we are seeing a pretty active new year for LODDs.
I would really like to stop offering condolences and instead offer congratulations for a year without an LODD.
However; my thoughts and prayers go out to New York for their loss.

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Permalink Reply by Spanner 122 on January 4, 2008 at 12:34pm

Rest easy Lt. Martinson. Quick recovery to those injured and my prayers and warmest thoughts to friends and family.

An update from the secret list.
Here is an update on FDNY Fire Lieutenant John Martinson, of Engine Company 249 of Brooklyn, who died in the Line of Duty last evening after operating on the 14th floor of the 25-story working apartment building fire.
Lt. Martinson spent most of his career with Engine Company 80 in Harlem before being transferred to Engine 249 in Flatbush, where he spent the past year. A Staten Island resident, Lt. Martinson tragically leaves behind a wife, Jessica, and a baby son, John Patrick, age 22 months, and his wife is pregnant with their second child. 4 other firefighters were hospitalized, two with smoke inhalation and two with burns during the fire at the Ebbets Field apartments. They were expected to be released from the hospital by Saturday.
The 2nd alarm fire trapped residents on upper floors, filled hallways with heavy smoke and heat conditions and was reported to be wind driven. The residents of the apartment where the fire started had exited their apartment, but had left the door open, potentially contributing to the spread and conditions.
100+ FDNY Firefighters responded to the building fire, which has 400 apartments. The call came in about 1916 hours and was brought under control around 2030 hours.

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