Friends, loved ones and the city of Newark gather to mourn and offer a final salute to Augusto Acabou, one of the two firefighters killed while battling a cargo ship fire in the city’s port last week — watch live here or wherever you stream NBC New York
Newark Firefighters Union Vice President Eddie Paulo, who grew up with Acabou, said that he"was tough as nails and sweet beyond belief."
Acabou and Brooks had a spark that drew people in, but now their deaths have the City of Newark in deep mourning.Firefighters draped mourning bunting outside the East Ward firehouses where Acabou and Brooks worked: Engine 16 on Ferry Street and Ladder 9 on Elm Street. The Newark Firefighters Union held a press conference last week alongside family, friends and loved ones of Acabou and Brooks.
"His name will be on our minds for the rest of our lives," he said."There is not going to be a day when we will not remember"Bear." He is one of a kind. As far as Auggie, you are going to hear time and time again: upbeat, motivated, just a great individual. They were just taken away from us way too soon."Firefighters from Newark were dispatched to the docked vessel around 9:30 p.m.
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