[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 number2018.44.75
DescriptionUSA. Massachusetts. 1999. On December 3, 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 Paul Brotherton. Denise (far left), holding her nephew, and her six sons, along with Kim, Paul's sister, at central station. Paul talked with Denise about his job, about how careful he had to be. He told her he was against firefighters carrying enough oxygen for sixty minutes instead of thirty. "No one should be in a burning building for sixty minutes."
