Untitled
Photograph

Bruce Davidson

Maker
American, b. 1933

Untitled

From Worcester Fire Department


1999
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (19.9 × 20.1 cm)
Paper: 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Gift of an anonymous donor, 2018
2018.0120.0044
Inscriptions Printed in ink on applied label on verso, TL: ALPHANUM
Printed in ink on applied label on verso, BL: 44403 [66]
Printed in ink on applied label on verso, RC: [printed numbers and barcode] \ (C) DAVIDSON Bruce/MAGNUM PHOTOS \ Worcester Fire Department \ USA. Massachusetts. 1999. On December 3rd 1999 the fire in Worcester started with a candle in an \ abandoned warehouse. It ended with temperatures above 3000 degrees and the men of the Worcester \ fire department in a fight for their lives. The fire killed 6 men. The family of Jerry Lucey. \ From left: John, Jeremiah III, and Michelle when Lucey was a rookie, he called the caption of a \ rescue truck and told him he'd heard the squad was looking for a new man. The captain had never \ heard of a rookie doing such a thing, but he took him on anyway. He admired Lucey's gut's. "you \ can teach anyman to be a goodfighter", the captain said, "but you can't teach a good attitude." \ -Bruce Davidson/ Magnum Photos, Inc.
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