“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill

LODD’s:

Nov 13, 2019

Career lieutenant dies and four firefighters injured at a 3-story multi-family residential occupancy – Massachusetts.

Nov 13, 2010

One career fire fighter killed, another seriously injured when struck by a vehicle while working at a grass fire along an interstate highway – South Carolina.

History:

November 13, 1942 – The five Sullivan Brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were lost in the sinking of the cruiser USS Juneau by a Japanese torpedo off Guadalcanal during World War II in the Pacific. Following their deaths, the U.S. Navy changed regulations to prohibit close relatives from serving on the same ship.