The Vendome Hotel fireplace in Boston on June 17, 1972, stays the biggest line-of-duty loss of life toll within the metropolis. Nine firefighters misplaced their lives combating that blaze.
The Boston Fire Department Friday honored these misplaced with a ceremony on Commonwealth Avenue on the memorial to the fallen on the fiftieth anniversary of the deadly fireplace.
Mayor Michelle Wu honored the firefighters saying partly they “show up in our darkest hour” when survival is on the road.
Brookline, MA – June 17: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu takes a second to compose herself and is applauded by Cardinal Sean OÕMalley (L) and BFD Commissioner Jack Dempsey (R) after her coronary heart felt speech about loosing her family members to fireplace at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: BFD Chaplin Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney ideas his hat to the gang at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: BFD Honor guard march down Comm Ave at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: BFD Galic Column march down Comm. Ave. at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: A memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: A closing flower is laid at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: Family members lay flowers at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Brookline, MA – June 17: Photos of the deceased at a memorial service to recollect the 9 firefighters that misplaced their lives on the Vendome fireplace 50 12 months in the past immediately, on June 17, 2022 in , Brookline, MA. (Staff Photo By Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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