Overview
- Thousands of firefighters gathered at St. Francis de Sales in Belle Harbor for the service, with a procession carrying Brady’s casket on a fire truck.
- FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced during the funeral that Brady was posthumously promoted to lieutenant.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered flags on all state government buildings lowered to half-staff in Brady’s honor.
- Brady, an 11-year FDNY veteran assigned to Ladder 120 after earlier service with Engine 227, was part of a family with several FDNY members, including his brothers.
- He suffered a medical episode and went into cardiac arrest while operating on the roof at a Kings Highway fire, was transported to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead, and firefighters also rescued a trapped occupant who was in stable condition.