Buffalo, New York - Firefighters Memorial
N 42° 50.797 W 078° 48.568
17T E 678993 N 4746109
A memorial in the shape of a Firefighter's silhouette made from gray granite.
Waymark Code: WM2Z07
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2008
Views: 65
The memorial dedicated to the remembrance of Buffalo firefighters who had been killed in the South Division Street propane gas explosion was relocated from Taylor Park (at the corner of South Park Avenue and Southside Parkway) to the western entrance to Cazenovia Park in 1989. Lighting for it added the following summer.
It is engraved with a firefighting scene near the top. The inscription reads: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends - John 15:13. In memory of those who gave their lives on December 27, 1983.
Then followes the names and ages of 5 firemen killed that day in the line of duty:
Michael Austin
Michael Catanzaro
Matthew Colpoys
James Lickfeld
Anthony Waszkielewicz
Memorial Website: [Web Link]
Physical address: Not listed
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