Mets Players, Executives Meet Family Of Fallen FDNY Lieutenant
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- It was a special day Tuesday for the family of a fallen FDNY lieutenant.
The wife and children of Michael Davidson got a visit from Mets pitchers Steven Matz, Seth Lugo, and Robert Gsellman at Davidson's former firehouse.
The three pitchers even got to pose on the back of Engine 69.
Thank you @mets for an uplifting visit with the family of #FDNY Lt. Michael Davidson and members of #Engine69 and #Ladder28 pic.twitter.com/2DuIvOEYwE
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 17, 2018
Mets Executive Jeff Wilpon and General Manager Sandy Alderson gave the firehouse a Mets no. 69 jersey signed by the team.
37-year-old Michael Davidson died of smoke inhalation while fighting a massive blaze at a Harlem brownstone on March 22nd.
A faulty boiler is suspected of causing the inferno as the building was being used for a movie shoot.