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FDNY Lieutenant Overheated and Collapsed at Brooklyn Fire

Nappi overheated and collapsed, apparently suffering a heart attack.

NEW YORK (WABC) - Family, friends and the FDNY are mourning the loss of a New York City firefigher who died while battling a warehouse fire in Brooklyn. Lieutenant Richard Nappi grew up in Farmingville, Long Island, where he served as a state parole officer and case worker. The 47-year-old had a very distinguished career and was one of the many who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11. He was inside the warehouse Monday, commanding the hose line, trying to get water on the flames.