Two off-duty firefighters die
By Shannon McDonald
As the Inquirer reports, two off-duty firefighters have died, from what Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers believes were heart attacks.
Our thoughts are with the families of Robert Underwood, 47, of Ladder Company 28 at Cottman and Loretto, who died at Nazareth Hospital and Mitch McClain, 40, of Ladder Company 25, died at the McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.
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