The FDNY firefighters were fatally injured while battling a seven-alarm high-rise fire at the former Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street in lower Manhattan. The two firefighters became trapped in maze-like conditions on the 14th floor of the building, which is undergoing demolition. They suffered severe smoke inhalation EMS PARAMEDIC took them toNY Downtown Hospital in cardiac arrest where they succumbed to their injuries.
This afternoon, the Fire Department announced funeral arrangements for Firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino, who were killed in the seven-alarm fire that consumed the Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan on Saturday.
The visitation for Firefighter Joseph Graffagnino will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m., on Tuesday and Wednesday, at Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 79th Street in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
The visitation for Firefighter Robert Beddia will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday at the Harmon Funeral Home, 571 Forest Avenue on Staten Island. The procession and funeral Mass will be at 9:45 a.m. on Friday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Firefighter Beddia, 53, joined the Fire Department on Oct. 24, 1983, and Firefighter Graffagnino, 33, on May 9, 1999.
Donations can be sent to: FDNY Foundation/FF. Joseph Graffagnino Children's Fund c/o FDNY Foundation 9 Metrotech Center Brooklyn NY 11201 For more information please call 718-999-0779
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