winnipegsun.com - Winnipeg News - Heroes mourned

winnipegsun.com - Winnipeg News - Heroes mourned: "Heroes mourned
Two well-respected, experienced men gone

By TAMARA KING, CITY HALL REPORTER



Brennan: 'It takes a hero to do that job, and those firefighters were doing their job last night.' (JASON HALSTEAD, SUN MEDIA)

They're being hailed as heroes.

Two Winnipeg firefighters with more than 60 years combined experience were killed, and four others injured -- one of them critically -- battling a blaze in St. Boniface on Sunday night.

'It takes a hero to do that job, and those firefighters were doing their job last night,' said acting Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service chief Jim Brennan, visibly upset at a morning news conference.

Capt. Thomas Nichols, 57, and 55 year-old Capt. Harold Lessard died as a result of the fire."