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On June 3 1967 Ladder 4 was dispatched to Box 2141, Dudley Square today. The box was a false alarm and the box was wound. As companies began to return to quarters gunfire rang out. Lt Joseph Donovan was hit and fell to the street. With complete disregard for their own safety FF's John Gaddis, William Pedro and Walter Austin left the protective cover of their apparatus and dragged Lt Donovan to safety where he was placed in a chief's car and transported to a hospital. For their actions FF Gaddis received the Walter Scott medal for Valor while FF's Pedro and Austin were placed on the Roll of Merit. Because of the hand injury he received Lt Donovan could not return to active fire supression duties and spent the rest of his career at HQ's.Lt. Donovan was my uncle.