A veteran New York City firefighter who died while preparing for a training exercise earlier this month was remembered Thursday as a loving husband and father dedicated to his profession and public service.
Hundreds of firefighters joined family and friends for the funeral of William P. Moon II at the Bay Shore on Long Island.
Firefighters from numerous departments lined Main Street as Moon’s coffin was carried by fire truck in a procession to St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church.
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Kristina Moon called her husband her best friend and devoted father to their two children during the service, adding that he always knew how to make them laugh.
“For Billy, it was never about improving himself, but about what can be done to better serve those around him,” he said.
The funeral procession for firefighter William Moon II, an FDNY veteran who died while preparing for a training exercise.
(New York City Mayor’s Office of Photography)
New York Mayor Eric Adams and fire department leaders also spoke at the funeral, praising Moon for his service and noting how he helped save the lives of others after his death through organ donation.
“We are going to miss Firefighter Moon,” Adams said. “But he was not only a hero in life, he understood what it meant to be a firefighter: courage, bravery and sacrifice.”
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Moon was to be buried in a cemetery on Bay Shore.
He suffered a fatal head injury Dec. 12 when he fell 20 feet inside his firehouse while preparing for a drill, authorities said. She was 47 years old.
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Moon joined the department in May 2002 and spent nearly 20 years with a Queens ladder company before transferring last January to Rescue 2, an elite unit that not only fights fires but also rescues window washers who they hang from scaffolding and construction workers trapped in collapsed buildings. buildings
