[Worcester Fire Department]
Artist
Bruce Davidson
(American, born 1933)
Date2000
MediumResin-Coated Print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 × 7 7/8 in. (20.3 × 20 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Object number2018.44.73
DescriptionUSA. Massachusetts. 1999. On December 3rd, 1999 the fire in Worcester started with a candle in an abandoned warehouse. It ended with temperatures above 3000 degrees and the men of the Worcester fire department in a fight for their lives. The fire killed 6 men. The family of Tom Spencer. From left, Daniel, Casey, Kathy, and Patrick. Tom had never spent a single night away from home until he enrolled in college, and even then he went home every weekend to work for tuition money. So as an adult, he wanted to take his kids on trips. He drove them to Cooperstown every fall, where his boys would spend hours at the Hall of Fame, staring at statues and old jerseys.
