Unbearably sad. I am so sorry for your loss. Peace be with all of New York’s bravest as they mourn. All my love to his family, friends, and fellow firefighters. Hearts are broken around the country today. Your sacrifices are NEVER forgotten.
As they say in firefighter, EMT, paramedic, and police funerals, it was the bell that told of a fire and called the volunteers to put their lives on the line. When the fire was extinguished, it was the bell that signaled the end of that day‘s work. The mournful toll of the bell told of a firefighter’s death. Today, that tradition is carried on in the fire service, but tones now tell of an emergency, be it a fire, accident, carbon monoxide (CO) alarm, medical emergency, or any emergency. The firefighters radio that their rig is available, the police radio that they’re available, and paramedics and EMTs radio that their ambulance is available, but at the funeral, the bell tolls a firefighter’s last alarm, an officer’s last alarm, an EMT’s last alarm, or a paramedic’s last alarm. The casket in today’s funerals is either carried in a hearse or on the back of a pumper or dedicated caisson unit lettered for a pumper currently not carrying the casket, or in an ambulance.
Lt. Davidson, you were a great fireman, and in your posthumous promotion to Lieutenant, you answered your last call and returned to quarters back home in Heaven. Rest in peace, brother. Go protect the streets of Heaven. Alarm 3-3-3 sounds in your memory.
