WolfEagle1499's blog: "Heroes"

created on 04/17/2007 | http://fubar.com/heroes/b74621

posted on 09/21/2007&nbs-07:00;@&nbs-07:00;08:09&nbs-07:00;am

Fubar has lost another hero...
http://fubar.com/fubar-has-lost-another-hero/b74621-533925

@ fubar Crash kills young firefighter

imikimi - Customize Your World by Michaelangelo Conte Friday September 14, 2007, 6:09 PM A 25-year-old Jersey City firefighter left behind a 2-month-old daughter when he died from injuries suffered in a collision on his motorcycle in the Jersey City Heights yesterday near his home, officials said. Eduardo Pena, 25, of Sherman Place off Summit Avenue died as a result of injuries suffered in the collision at Kennedy Boulevard at Thorne Street, Fire Director Armando Roman said this morning. The firefighter was conscious and coherent when first brought to the hospital. "They were working feverishly to stabilize him and they rushed him into surgery but he had serious internal injuries and he took a turn for the worse,'' Roman said. "He was on full life support when he died around 2 a.m." "This was a stand up kid all around," Roman said this morning. "He was a very dedicated member of this department. It's a very big loss for not only the fire department's family but the citizens that would have benefited from his service." A witness said that at the time of the accident Pena was going north on Kennedy Boulevard and the Toyota Rav4 driven by 51-year-old Moti Patel of Thorne Street was heading south, reports said. The Toyota turned left, clipping the rear wheel of the rear wheel of Pena's motorcycle causing it to go into a spin, reports said. Pena was thrown from the bike and struck a parked car, officials said. Patel said he saw the motorcycle about a half block to a block away at the time he turned and said it was traveling at least 40 miles an hour, reports said, adding that Patel said the motorcycle struck his car as he turned. Pena served a one year tour in Iraq. A graduate of Hudson Catholic High School, he was a Jersey City native and lifelong resident. "We've lost an outstanding young man who was raised in Jersey City by a fine, loving family and who had just started his own family,'' Mayor Jerramiah Healy said. "He was well-respected and much loved by the firefighters he worked with and will be greatly missed by everyone." Healy said his son, Firefighter Patrick Healy, and Pena were childhood friends who played baseball together at Pershing Field in Little League and in the Babe Ruth league. "We are all grieving for the Pena family," Healy said. (repost of original by Heartsound-President of The Hug Brigade-Fubar has lost another hero!