FDNY Line of Duty Death
February 13, 1922 - LODD
Fireman Thomas D. Hassett, 36
Engine 58
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Hassett died of smoke inhalation after returning to quarters, after operating at a fire at the Lenox Cut Price Store, 115th Street and Lenox Avenue.
Fireman Thomas D. Hassett of Engine 58 died from a heart attack in quarters after fighting a fire at 104 Lenox Avenue. He died on the 13th of February, the thirteenth anniversary of his entry into the Department. The fire started around nine o’clock in the evening in the rear of Lenox Cut Price Store. The fire was small but very smoky and difficult to extinguish. It damaged only the first floor hosiery shop. After the fire, Hassett drove Engine 58 back to quarters, backed in and started to do some paper work when he collapsed. The heart attack was brought on by the smoke that he inhaled. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007.)
RIP. Never forget.
