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NYC firefighter killed on movie set promoted posthumously

NYC firefighter killed on movie set promoted posthumously | iNFOnews.ca
This photo provided by New York Fire Department shows FDNY Firefighter Michael R. Davidson of Engine Company 69. Davidson was killed after a massive fire broke out at a building in the Harlem section of New York, Thursday, March 22, 2108, where a movie directed by Edward Norton was being shot. Davidson, a 15-year department veteran is survived by a wife and four children. (New York Fire Department via AP) A
Original Publication Date: March 24, 2018 9:47AM
Publication Updated: April 23, 2025 7:34PM

NEW YORK – A firefighter who was killed battling a fire on a New York City movie set has been posthumously promoted to lieutenant.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro announced firefighter Michael Davidson’s promotion on Saturday.

Davidson died early Friday after suffering severe smoke inhalation in the burning basement of a Harlem building where the movie “Motherless Brooklyn” was being filmed.

The film adaptation of the Jonathan Lethem novel of the same name stars Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe and Alec Baldwin.

Davidson was a 15-year Fire Department veteran with a wife and four young children.

NIgro called Davidson “a natural-born leader” and said his promotion to lieutenant was well-deserved.

Davidson had passed the test for lieutenant in 2015 and was on the list for promotion.

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