A Hackensack Firefighter who was injured when bricks
from the façade of a building fell on him in Bogota (NJ) yesterday has
been released from the hospital. Firefighters were called in after a contractor
who was removing windows from that Bogota storefront noticed that the top
beam had started to sag.
Capt. Peter Danzo, a 25-year veteran FF, was released from Hackensack
University Medical Center last night. Captain Danzo’s femur was injured, but
not broken, and he will have to follow-up with a specialist. Danzo and another
member of the department’s special operations unit, were hit by falling bricks
while helping to shore up the building. The second firefighter, Pete Maio,
a five-year veteran, was treated at the scene for an injured arm. Firefighters
were called to the building around 11 am yesterday after a construction worker
removed the storefront window on the first floor, causing the section above it
to sag. It appeared that the window had been supporting the structure and that
some of the “structural members” had rotted, Dan Howell, the borough’s
construction official, said Friday.
