Long-Time New York Firefighter Dies Responding to Call - Firehouse.com In The Line Of Duty

Long-Time New York Firefighter Dies Responding to Call - Firehouse.com In The Line Of Duty:

"As paramedics gave Wilbur Ritter oxygen and loaded him into an ambulance, the 78-year-old volunteer had only one request from his fellow Sayville firefighters: 'Make sure you get the signs up for the blood drive.'

The words, which reflected a dedication to everything and anything related to the fire department, resonated in the minds and hearts of firefighters who gathered at their station house yesterday to remember the 59-year member of the department who died of an apparent heart attack Monday morning after answering his final call for duty."