A Brooklyn firefighter died on Saturday night after suffering a cardiac arrest while battling a blaze on an apartment rooftop.
According to FDNY officials, 42-year-old Patrick Brady, an 11-year veteran of the department assigned to Ladder Company 120 in Brownsville, was on the roof of an all-hands fire at 9407 Kings Hwy. at around 9:40 p.m. on Nov. 8 when he suffered a medical episode.
Fellow firefighters pulled him to safety, and EMS rushed him to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Cardiac arrest was cited as the official cause of death.
Mayor Eric Adams noted that Brady “came from a family of firefighters — all dedicated to protecting the lives of their fellow New Yorkers.” His two brothers, Jimmy and Brian, are firefighters; a number of his co

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