New York – A New York City firefighter killed while battling a blaze on a movie set has been hailed as a hero in the majestic St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, noting that Catholics are observing Holy Week, said Tuesday that Lt. Michael Davidson gave his life for others.
Dolan says Davidson’s blood contained “the DNA of the FDNY.”
Davidson’s casket departed his funeral as it had arrived: on a firetruck adorned with his name and black-and-purple bunting.
Throngs of white-gloved firefighters in dress uniform stood at attention along Fifth Avenue.
The father of four was overcome by smoke early Friday at a Harlem building where a movie starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe and Alec Baldwin was being filmed.
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