A New York City firefighter lost his life late Thursday battling a fire that spiraled out of control on the set of a movie shoot.
Officials soon found Davidson and rushed him to the hospital but he was pronounced dead.
The fire started in the basement of 773 St. Nicholas Ave., as people just outside worked on the set of “Motherless Brooklyn.”
Fire officials said the inferno was too intense.
“They went down the stairs to fight the fire with Davidson as nozzleman,” Daniel Nigro, commissioner of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), told reporters at Harlem Hospital early Friday.
“The fire was too heavy. They were forced to retreat and as they backed out, he (Davidson) got separated from the rest of the unit. He was found unconscious on the floor and despite the best efforts of the FDNY and EMTs, they were unable to revive him.”
Davidson, 37, had worked for the department for 15 years.
He leaves behind his wife, Eileen, and four daughters.
Firefighting runs in the family. His brother, Eric, is also a fireman in the city, while their father, a retired firefighter, worked for the same engine company as Davidson.
Eric Phillips, spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio, said that he was at the hospital when Davidson’s mother arrived.
“You haven’t heard a scream until you’ve heard the scream of a mother who’s seen her son give his life to protect us,” Phillips said via Twitter. He later deleted the tweet.
