Portrait of a Firefighter

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In Mourning
At the firehouse, Mike looks over the daily schedule of services for lost firefighters. The FDNY lost 343 firemen in all — so many that the department had to tear down and rebuild the bronze plaque bearing names of those who die on duty.

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