On June 17, 1972, a fire broke out at the Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue. It would be the first of four alarms required to extinguish the raging fire It took nearly three hours to stop the blaze. Firefighter Richard Magee, along with eight other firefighters were killed without warning from a collapse during overhaul.
I recently had the pleasure of meeting your younger brother in Salida Colorado. He misses you. He loves you. He talks of you with respect. Rest In Peace brother.
– John M. Leck Ret. D.C.F.D. R.S. 1