FDNY firefighter died after falling from a bridge

A FDNY firefighter died Sunday after falling from the Belt Parkway drawbridge in Brooklyn, where he was trying to rescue two injured motorists who spilled their car and were trapped.

Steven Pollard, 30, firefighter on probation with Ladder The 170 company was trying to reach the victims on foot – and was going eastbound lanes to the westbound lanes. where their vehicle was – when it fell to the ground.

Fire officials declared that Pollard had plunged 52 feet then tried to cross a gap in the road. It's not clear, though, if he knew the gap was present when he tried to cross. The Mill Basin Bridge has recently been rebuilt and now offers 2.5 to 3 feet of clearance between each side of the road.

"It's a very sad night here in our city," said Mayor Blasio at a press conference from Monday to Monday. . "[Pollard] was trying to do something as good and important and it's really painful to see it as we did in the hospital room."

De Blasio noted that Pollard was less than two years of work and came from a FDNY family – his brother is a firefighter in Brooklyn and sources said his father was a retired firefighter.
"What makes the situation even more painful is that this family has been serving our city for decades," Blasio said. "[Pollard] dedicated his life to the inhabitants of our city, like his brother, or his father."

As a result of this accident, his family and members of his company converged on the Kings County Hospital, where he

"It is an incredibly sad night for the Pollard family, for the family of the fire department, for our city," said fire chief Daniel Nigro. A year and a half at work, Steven Pollard had, in the beginning, his life tonight helping others. "

The last time a FDNY member was killed arrived last March, when Michael Davidson was killed. The 37-year-old died while fighting a fire in a Harlem building used as a backdrop for Edward Norton and Bruce Willis' "Motherless Brooklyn" film.

In a statement, Nigro stated that Pollard was the member of the FDNY (1,151) dying in the performance of his duties.