Hero NY fire commissioner dies while rescuing hiker stranded in Catskills Mountains: ‘Ultimate sacrifice’

Fuente: New York Post

He went out on his shield. A veteran cop whose “retirement” included taking up the mantle as his town’s resident fire commissioner suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while rescuing a young hiker stranded in the Catskills Mountains. Michael Joseph Ryan, 61, responded to an SOS signal in Panther Mountain late Saturday evening alongside firefighters with the Phoenicia Volunteer Fire Department.