MDFed
06-15-2005, 09:02
I took one of Pete's classes two years ago and can say we lost one of the best.
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Retired FDNY Dies Fighting Fire as Volunteer Firefighter
KEN ROSATO
Courtesy of WABC News - New York
(Woodmere-WABC, June 15, 2005) — A volunteer firefighter who recently retired from a storied career with the FDNY died battling a house fire in Woodmere, Long Island.
Eyewitness News reporter Ken Rosato is live in Woodmere Long Island with more on this tragic story.
The 54-year-old Peter Lund a volunteer with the Woodmere Fire Department, collapsed while battling the blaze at 753 Long Acre Avenue just after 10 p.m. last night. Lund had just finished venting the house when he suffered chest plains and shortness of breath.
Officials tell Eyewtiness News he sat down on a curb and collapsed, suffering from apparent cardiac arrest. He was taken to St. John's Hospital and pronounced dead.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Lund recently retired as a lieutenant from the New York City Fire Department's Rescue 2 unit in Brooklyn.
During his career, Lund risked his life numerous times to save others. In 2002, he aided in the rescue of an unconscious mother and her three-year-old son from their burning Brooklyn apartment. In 1996, he narrowly escaped the collapse of a chop-shop in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
After retiring from the FDNY, Lund continued to volunteer with the Woodmere Fire Department, following in the footsteps of his father. Lund's father, Clarence "Bunny" Lund, joined the Woodmere Fire Department in 1924 and worked his way up to chief - a position he held in the 1960s.
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Retired FDNY Dies Fighting Fire as Volunteer Firefighter
KEN ROSATO
Courtesy of WABC News - New York
(Woodmere-WABC, June 15, 2005) — A volunteer firefighter who recently retired from a storied career with the FDNY died battling a house fire in Woodmere, Long Island.
Eyewitness News reporter Ken Rosato is live in Woodmere Long Island with more on this tragic story.
The 54-year-old Peter Lund a volunteer with the Woodmere Fire Department, collapsed while battling the blaze at 753 Long Acre Avenue just after 10 p.m. last night. Lund had just finished venting the house when he suffered chest plains and shortness of breath.
Officials tell Eyewtiness News he sat down on a curb and collapsed, suffering from apparent cardiac arrest. He was taken to St. John's Hospital and pronounced dead.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Lund recently retired as a lieutenant from the New York City Fire Department's Rescue 2 unit in Brooklyn.
During his career, Lund risked his life numerous times to save others. In 2002, he aided in the rescue of an unconscious mother and her three-year-old son from their burning Brooklyn apartment. In 1996, he narrowly escaped the collapse of a chop-shop in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
After retiring from the FDNY, Lund continued to volunteer with the Woodmere Fire Department, following in the footsteps of his father. Lund's father, Clarence "Bunny" Lund, joined the Woodmere Fire Department in 1924 and worked his way up to chief - a position he held in the 1960s.