Funeral Held For Soldier Who Died Saving Others In NYC Fire
Emmanuel Mensah died trying to save people during a deadly Bronx apartment fire, his father said. (CBS News)
NEW YORK (CBSNEWS) – A funeral was held Saturday in New York City for 28-year-old Emmanuel Mensah, whom the U.S. government honored by posthumously awarding him two military valor medals after he died rescuing some of more than a dozen people trapped in the deadliest fire in the city in quarter of a century.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, celebrat
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