I waitressed at his bar and restaurant, Suspenders, while I was a young freelance writer trying to get a spot at one of the city’s tabloids. Oh, he was a brave fireman, a good football player, a devoted husband and father of eight children, a restaurateur, a good friend. They are gone but they will never be forgotten.Ĥ0 years ago, a good man lost: Remembering the FDNY’s Larry FitzpatrickBy Ellen Perry BerryįDNY firefighter Larry Fitzpatrick, pictured, died while trying to rescue a brother firefighter, Gerry Frisby, at a three-alarm tenement fire in Harlem on June 17, 1980.
Thank you for taking your time today to read this report & remember the deaths of 2 brother firemen 33 years ago. The rope proved to be faulty and FF Fitzpatrick & FF Frisby fell to their deaths. FF Frisby put his arms around FF Fitzpatrick & stepped off the sill. FF Fitzpatrick was lowered off the side of the building on the rope to the window FF Frisby was at. FF Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Rescue 3, heard the calls from the roof & set up a Roof Rope Rescue. He made his way to a window & summoned for help. While operating at 512 West 151 Street, FF Gerald Frisby, L-28, separated from the inside team. one firefighter lost his life trying to save another. This date in 1980, 2 firefighters lost their lives at Manhattan 3rd alarm Box 1651. The heroism and selflessness of fire professionals must always be honored and remembered. Thirty-five other firefighters and four police officers were also injured as a result of this fire. Firefighter Fitzpatrick had dropped from the roof of the burning seven-story brick apartment building to rescue Firefighter Frisby, who was trapped in an air shaft window. While operating at a three-alarm fire, they were killed when the roof rope they were using snapped, plunging them seven stories to their deaths. Fitzpatrick, 36 - Rescue 3įirefighter Gerard J.
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