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Firefighter
Age: 30
Year of Death: 2003

Thomas Christopher Brick

Submitted by his family

F.F. Thomas Brick‚ a proud member of L-36/E-95‚ Inwood‚ NY‚ was killed in the line of duty on December 16‚ 2003. Tommy was sworn in on December 31‚ 2001‚ and a member of the first post-9/11 class. He achieved his life-long ambition to become an NYC firefighter. Assigned to L-36 immediately upon graduation‚ he proudly served there until his death battling a four-alarm fire in the Inwood section of Upper Manhattan. Tommy was as enthusiastic about life as he was about being a firefighter. That was his way.

He was a devoted and loving father to his two children‚ Madeline and Aden‚ and a dear and caring friend to Meredith Esselman. Tommy was the cherished and loving son of Margaret (Rooney) and Thomas Brick‚ and loyal and loving brother of Megan Assimacopoulos and Christopher Brick. He was a very special uncle to John and Jaclyn Assimacopoulos. The Thomas C. Brick Memorial Fund was established in February 2004 to provide an endowed scholarship at Holy Cross High School‚ Flushing‚ NY‚ in his name. Tommy was a graduate of Nassau Community College and furthered his education in hotel service at the NY Institute of Technology in Old Brookville‚ NY. He was presented with the Thomas Elsasser Medal for bravery in June 2003 by the Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg. Tommy Brick was the 1127th member of FDNY to make the ultimate sacrifice.

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  1. My wife and I met Aden tonight, June 14th, 2021, at the Wall Street station, where we asked him a question about the 3 train. Turns out Aden was taking the same subway and the same LIRR train as we were, so we rode together to Penn Station and then took the same Port Washington line LIRR train. We could immediately tell that Aden is a fine young man who wants to follow his dad’s footsteps and join the FDNY. He told us his dad died in the line of duty in 2003 and that he worked in the Inwood fire station. My wife remembered hearing about this tragedy on the news back then. We are sure that his dad is smiling in Heaven and proud at what a good man his son is. We hope God watches over Aden and keeps him safe. We wish good luck in all your endeavors.

    – Mitchell and Tess Wolfson