The top of Buffalo City Hall will be lit red from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to Sunday to mark the deaths 10 years ago of Buffalo Fire Lt. Charles “Chip” McCarthy and Firefighter Jonathan Croom, who perished in a Genesee Street building fire, Mayor Byron W. Brown announced Friday.
Brown also encouraged the Buffalo Landmark Illumination Team to light the city's unique buildings and structures in the same color in a show of unity and appreciation to the fallen firefighters.
McCarthy had gone back into the building — which housed a deli, warehouse and apartments — believing that a victim was trapped in the basement, and he fell through the floor of the deli. Croom went back inside in a desperate effort to save McCarthy and also fell into the burning basement.
Brown will call for a moment of silence at his annual Reading Rules! Kids Summer Reading Challenge Wrap Up Celebration. The event takes place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
A memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Cathedral, 50 Franklin St.
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