Flags will fly at half-staff on Saturday in honor of fallen FDNY firefighter Patrick Brady, an 11-year veteran of the department who died in the line of duty last weekend.
Brady, 42, suffered a medial episode while battling a five-alarm fire at an apartment building in Brooklyn on Nov. 8. He went into cardiac arrest while working on the roof of the six-story building in East Flatbush.
He was treated by firefighters and paramedics and pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.
A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Belle Harbor, Queens.
One day earlier, firefighters lined up around the block to attend Brady’s wake at Marine Park Funeral Home. His wife, Kara, shared a few words.
Every story shared, every hug and every kind word is helping us navigate the pain of losing my husband, my best friend, my rock: Patrick,” Kara Brady said Friday.
“If I could choose anyone in the world to love, I would choose him over and over again. The 16 years we shared together were the best of my life.”
Brady comes from a family of firefighters. His two brothers, Jimmy and Brian, are also firefighters, as are his cousins and uncles.
Brady joined the FDNY back on July 14, 2014 and has served Ladder 120 since 2022.
“The entire FDNY is heartbroken over the loss of Firefighter Patrick Brady. Firefighter Brady was a dedicated public servant, and firefighting was in his blood,” FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said.
“Firefighter Patrick Brady gave his life protecting the city we all love; there is no sacrifice that is more selfless than the actions that took place this evening,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.
Brady is survived by his wife, Kara.
Brady is the second member of the FDNY to die in the line of duty in the last two weeks. Paramedic Salih Abdur Rahman died Oct. 29 after finishing a shift at the fire academy on Randalls Island.
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