Lieutenant Thomas Blackburne of Ladder 27 was injured on June 29, 1935 while fighting a fire at 737 136th Street. He fell thirty feet to the ground fracturing his right knee, left wrist and three ribs. He was taken to Fordham Hospital and was then transferred to the Hospital for Joint Diseases. While his knee was being operated on his heart suddenly stopped. Adrenaline was administered by a syringe directly to his heart. As the needle was being removed, an inch piece broke off and remained in his heart. He was on sick leave for two years before being assigned to light duty at the Bronx Communication Office and then the Fire Department Civilian Defense Bureau. He complained of pain in his heart and it was decided to operate and remove the needle. He died of pneumonia and complications from the broken needle. He was forty-six years old, married and had a son. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
Lieutenant Thomas Blackburne of Ladder 27 was injured on June 29, 1935 while fighting a fire at 737 136th Street. He fell thirty feet to the ground fracturing his right knee, left wrist and three ribs. He was taken to Fordham Hospital and was then transferred to the Hospital for Joint Diseases. While his knee was being operated on his heart suddenly stopped. Adrenaline was administered by a syringe directly to his heart. As the needle was being removed, an inch piece broke off and remained in his heart. He was on sick leave for two years before being assigned to light duty at the Bronx Communication Office and then the Fire Department Civilian Defense Bureau. He complained of pain in his heart and it was decided to operate and remove the needle. He died of pneumonia and complications from the broken needle. He was forty-six years old, married and had a son. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
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