{"id":40023,"date":"2025-11-14T23:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:01:15","slug":"friends-and-family-pay-tribute-to-fallen-firefighter-patrick-brady-at-brooklyn-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40023\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_7566.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Members of the FDNY paid tribute to Patrick Brady at his wake in Brooklyn.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Members of the FDNY paid tribute to Patrick Brady at his wake in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Family, friends and hundreds of firefighters paid their respects to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady of Tower Ladder 120 during a wake at the Marine Park Funeral Home on Friday afternoon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The 11-year veteran of the FDNY suffered a medical emergency while operating on the roof during a top-floor apartment fire at 9407 Kings Highway in East Flatbush on Saturday, November 8.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were able to rescue a trapped occupant from the apartment in stable condition.\u00a0 Firefighters were able to remove firefighter Brady to Rescue Paramedics who began pre hospital care, despite their best efforts Brady was pronounced deceased a short time later by hospital staff at Brookdale Hospital.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811499\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811499 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_7533.jpg\" alt=\"Brady's wife, Kara, addresses the crowd.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 2\"  \/><\/a>Brady\u2019s wife, Kara, addresses the crowd.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811496\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811496 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 3\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811494\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811494 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_7479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 4\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Brady from Engine Company 227 in Weeksville transferred to Tower Ladder 120 in Brownsville in 2022. He leaves behind his wife, Kara, whom he married on April Fool\u2019s Day in 2022.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is one thing Pat would want us to remember, it is this: to treat others the way we want to be treated,\u201d Kara said during a press conference. \u201cThe firehouse was his second home, and I am forever grateful that he was surrounded by his second family on the night to pass. Pat always had a smile to share, a joke to pass on to someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The members of Pat\u2019s Watkin Street Firehouse stood and saluted as transport vans carried the casket. His funeral will be held in Far Rockaway at Church of St. Francis de Sales on Saturday, November 15, at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811498\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811498 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_7573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 5\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811495\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811495 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_0121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 6\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137811500\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137811500 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137811500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_7560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Friends and family pay tribute to fallen firefighter Patrick Brady at Brooklyn wake 7\"  \/><\/a>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the FDNY paid tribute to Patrick Brady at his wake in Brooklyn. 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