Source: Entertainment Tonight
A New York City firefighter died late Thursday night while battling a five-alarm fire in Harlem on the set of Edward Norton’s new movie, Motherless Brooklyn.
Michael R. Davidson, a 37-year-old father of four, was critically injured in the blaze that broke out in the basement of an unoccupied residential building designated as a New York City landmark.
In a post on their Facebook page early Friday morning, FDNY officials noted that Davidson, who was a member of Engine Company 69, was quickly “transported to a Harlem Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries,” adding that he “was cited for bravery on four separate occasions,” and is “the 1,150th member to make the Supreme Sacrifice while serving our city.
”In a statement released to ET by Motherless Brooklyn producers and Norton — who also wrote and stars in the film alongside Bruce Willis, Bobby Cannavale, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe and Leslie Mann — production was wrapping up and dozens of people were on site when the fire broke out at around 11 p.m.
“Our deepest condolences to the family of Michael R. Davidson,” it read. “A fire broke out tonight in the building…
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