FDNY Line of Duty Death
January 29, 1922 - LODD
Lieutenant James T. Brown, 45
Ladder 45
FDNY. Washington Heights - Manhattan. New York
Lieutenant Brown died from the injuries he received three days earlier, after being involved in an accident as they were responding to an alarm. Lieutenant Brown along with a squad of nine men were driving across Washington Bridge, he was thrown forward and in front of the wheels of the truck when it collided with a trolley pole. His right leg was badly crushed and needed to be amputated. Lieutenant Brown was the only one injured.
Lieutenant James T. Brown of Ladder 45 died three days after receiving a crushed leg while responding to a fire in the Bronx. The truck hit a trolley pole on the Washington Bridge, which crosses the Harlem River at 181st Street. He died in Fordham Hospital despite efforts of members of the Fire Department to save his life by giving their blood for transfusions. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
RIP. Never forget.
