Overview
- Brady, 42, suffered a medical episode on the roof of 9407 Kings Highway during a five-alarm apartment fire in Brownsville and went into cardiac arrest, officials said.
- He was treated at the scene and rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Mayor Eric Adams announced the death at an early Sunday briefing at Brookdale and praised Brady's service.
- The FDNY identified him as an 11-year veteran from Queens, survived by his wife, Kara, and his brothers Jimmy and Brian, who both serve as firefighters.
- Fire officials said this is the department’s second line-of-duty death in about two weeks, and no cause of the blaze has been released.