Firefighter Bernard McSloy of the Philadelphia Fire Department, was killed on May 16, 1976, while fighting a basement fire at Barson’s Deli at Bustleton and Castor Avenues, in which the floor collapsed. Firefighter Richard Iannacone, Firefighter David Stewart and Firefighter Aloysius Welsh were also killed.
Bernard McSloy – Thanks for your courageous service. Fallen but never forgotten. May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
– Marie Patricia Walsh Collins