{"id":331793,"date":"2026-08-28T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331793\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:18:19","slug":"fdny-honors-fallen-heroes-20-years-after-fatal-bronx-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331793\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY honors fallen heroes 20 years after fatal Bronx fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9D0E03DEB538E5D264EE08997103E8A5-rNd7HL-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1320261\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VIDEO: Twenty years after a deadly Bronx fire, the FDNY gathered Thursday to honor Lt. Howard \u201cHowie\u201d Carpluk and firefighter Michael Reilly, who were killed while battling flames at a 99-cent store on Walton Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A steady rain fell outside Engine 75, Ladder 33 and Battalion 19 in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, where firefighters, relatives and friends came together for a memorial service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Carpluk\u2019s brother, John, the turnout was a reminder that Howie\u2019s FDNY family has remained close in the two decades since his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI lost a brother, gained a whole family,\u201d John Carpluk said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire happened on Aug. 27, 2006, when firefighters entered the store to battle heavy flames. The floor then collapsed, sending five FDNY members into the basement and triggering a difficult rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Twenty years after a deadly Bronx fire, the FDNY gathered Thursday to honor Lt. Howard \u201cHowie\u201d Carpluk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,5855,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-331793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}