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www.FireFighterCloseCalls.comWe regret to advise you that 23-year-old Firefighter/EMT from the Hope Hose Humane Fire Company in Bordentown, N.J. has died while serving our country in Afghanistan. A roadside bomb killed U.S. Army Private 1st Class Benjamin Moore yesterday, Wednesday. PFC Moore started as a volunteer with the company when he was just 16.
PFC Moore was reportedly killed yesterday (Wednesday) by a roadside bomb somewhere in Afghanistan. Stateside, his unit was out of Fort Drum, and back home in Bordentown, he was a member of the Hope Hose Humane Volunteer Fire Company No. 1. Moore joined up at the age of 16 as a junior member.
A post written months ago by Moore’s mother, Amy Moore, on the Hope Hose-Humane Fire Company’s Facebook page seemed to tell just how much his membership in the fire company meant to him. "I bet everyone over there at HHH miss my Benny and I bet Benny misses HHH," Moore’s mother wrote back in July of this year, after her son went to fight overseas. "I can remember when he was just a young teenager he probably drove all you guys crazy. "Thank you for giving my Benny a direction to go in when he was younger. Now look at the lug they actually trust him with a gun and a truck."
HOPE HOSE HUMANE FACEBOOK PAGE: http://tinyurl.com/4qpd5xn
BORDENTOWN FMBA: http://www.bordentownfmba.com/
Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Pvt 1st Class Moore, his friends and the members of the Bordentown FD, especially the members of Hope Hose Humane.
Asbury Park (Acting) Fire Captain Jason Fazio remains in critical with 3rd degree burns over 50% at the St. Barnabas Burn Center in Livingston. He also suffered from multiple fractures including his femur, pelvis and ribs, due to the bail out. Initial reports are that he did have a bailout system but there simply was no time to deploy it. Captain Fazio was operating in that 2nd floor apartment Monday when he was forced to immediately dive out a window when the apartment flashed over, according to APFD Chief Kevin Keddy, who updated us this evening. The fire has been determined to be accidental and originated in the front bedroom of the second-floor apartment-which is the room that flashed over. Captain Fazio, who joined the APFD in 1994, was in the 2nd floor apartment, when "flashed over" according to Chief Keddy. Fire companies that assisted Asbury Park came from Neptune, Ocean Township and Fort Monmouth. Keep him in your prayers.
MORE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED HERE: http://www.asburyparkfirefighters.net/
The powerful explosion occurred while members were operating inside the garage. The explosion lifted the roof off the structure and blew debris across the street. The 4 Firefighters that were inside the garage were able to escape without injuries. 2 other Firefighters who were outside the garage next to a doorway took most of the force from the blast. The explosion was found to be from a 10-pound bottle of nitrous oxide that exploded during the fire. The bottle ruptured due to the heat from the fire and sent shrapnel throughout the garage and into the street. We have more on our home page.
Take Care-BE CAREFUL.
