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Lt. Gordon Matthew Ambelas, 40 — a 14-year veteran of the FDNY — was searching for victims as he and members of Ladder 119 beat back flames on the 19th floor of the Independence Towers on Wilson St. at about 9:10 p.m. Saturday. Ambelas got trapped in the fire in an apartment and suffered mortal injuries, Mayor de Blasio told reporters early Sunday.
An FDNY lieutenant recently hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old Williamsburg boy was killed Saturday night fighting a blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise, authorities said.
Lt. Gordon Matthew Ambelas, 40, a 14-year veteran of the FDNY, was searching for victims as he and members of Ladder 119 beat back flames on the 19th floor of the Independence Towers on Wilson St. at about 9:10 p.m.
Ambelas got trapped in the fire in an apartment and suffered mortal injuries, Mayor de Blasio told reporters early Sunday.
“We have lost a real hero tonight and our hearts are heavy,” de Blasio said, standing next to FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro at a hastily arranged press conference at Woodhull Medical Center.
