Overview
- Brady suffered a medical episode on the roof at 9407 Kings Highway during a five-alarm response around 9:40 p.m. and was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.
- He was an 11-year FDNY veteran assigned to Ladder 120 since 2022 after starting at Engine 227, and he is survived by his wife, Kara, and his firefighter brothers, Jimmy and Brian.
- City leaders, including Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, praised his service as colleagues gathered at the hospital to honor him.
- The FDNY draped Ladder 120 in black-and-purple bunting and conducted dignified tributes, while nonprofit Answer the Call pledged $65,000 in immediate support to his widow.
- The department counts Brady as its 1,163rd line-of-duty death and its second in about two weeks; officials reported another firefighter and two civilians sustained minor injuries in the fire.