Firefighter falls 50 ft to his death through bridge gap in Brooklyn while trying to rescue victims in a car accident
According to a recent report, a New York firefighter fell 50 feet to his death after falling through a gap in one of the bridges in Brooklyn, where he had gone in response to a car accident. Steven H Pollard, who was still on probation at the FDNY, was walking between the carriageways of the Mill Basin Bridge in Brooklyn on Sunday when the tragic incident took place. The Mill Basin bridge, which had always been a solid bridge throughout, had been recently rebuilt to include a 3ft wide gap between each side of the road. NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill tweeted early Monday that the entire department was paying their condolences to Pollard's family, friends, and colleagues.
'#NYC will never forget your sacrifice,' the tweet read. FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a statement posted on the department's Facebook page, said: "It's an incredibly sad night for the Pollard family, for the Fire Department family, and for our city. He lost his life tonight in the process of helping others."