Frank Simmons of the Joplin Fire Department becomes the third firefighter at the time to die in the line of duty in the department’s history. He succumbed to a heart attack after returning from a house fire on North Harlem, according to a history on the city’s website.
Photo credit: Carol M. Highsmith. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2020742638/
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