The funeral for Inwood (NY) volunteer firefighter Joseph Sanford Jr. was a solemn affair that took place on Wednesday, December 31, 2014.
Sanford, 43, had served with the Inwood Fire Department on Long Island for 17 years and had once been assistant fire chief.
He died in the line of duty on December 23, four days after battling a house fire in Woodmere, where he fell through the floor into the basement and suffered a heart attack.
He was laid to rest at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, New York.
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