The two firefighters who lost their lives in the Newark ship fire have been identified. KristieKNews has learned Augusto Acabou, 45, Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, worked out of Engine 16 in the city's East section.
while crews battled the deadly flames across the 10th to 12th floors of the cargo vessel
"So many memories, so many memories. They made my job a lot easier when I was a tour commander because I had dedicated, committed firefighters like that, that where we did have incidents, they easily mitigated it," Jackson said.
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