N.Y. firefighter among 3 U.S. service members killed in roadside Afghanistan bomb

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Firefighter Christopher Slutman, a 15-year veteran of the FDNY, was one of three American service members killed in a roadside car bomb attack on a convoy outside of Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield Monday.

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.One of three American service members killed in a roadside car bomb attack on a convoy outside of Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield on Monday was a New York firefighter, officials said Tuesday.

He was also a 19-year volunteer with the Kentland Fire Department serving Landover and Prince George’s County, Maryland, according to Chief Oleg Pelekhaty. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff Tuesday. De Blasio said in a statement that he had presented Slutman with the Fire Chief’s Association Memorial Medal in 2014 after the firefighter had saved an unconscious woman from a burning South Bronx apartment.

 

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