The helmet of fallen FDNY hero Christopher J. Siedenburg has found a home — his beloved Monsignor Farrell High School on Staten Island.
The helmet of fallen FDNY hero Christopher J. Siedenburg has found a home — his alma mater, Monsignor Farrell High School on Staten Island.
Siedenburg’s family donated the helmet — which he was wearing when he was killed after battling a SoHo apartment blaze on March 28, 1994, known throughout the FDNY as “The Watts Street Fire” — on Wednesday, which would have been his 54th birthday. “You’ll see tucked inside is the prayer card for the patron saint of firefighters — St. Florian. And yes, there’s still ashes on it [the helmet],” said an emotional Charlie Siedenburg, Chris’s brother, at the tribute.
The dedication was the latest in a long line of deserved tributes to Siedenburg, 25, who made the “ultimate sacrifice” a day after battling the fire, which also claimed the lives of two other Bravest: James Young, 31, and Captain John Drennan, 49, who died 40 days later.Siedenburg was wearing his helmet he was killed after battling a SoHo apartment blaze on March 28, 1994.
The helmet is now prominently displayed in the school’s lobby, flanked by the maroon granite walls of the Monsignor Farrell Alumni Hall of Fame and the Wall of Valor, which bear the names and photos of all of the Farrell men who gave their lives in uniformed service.
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