WATERTOWN â The city will conduct its own investigation into what caused the death of city firefighter Peyton Lane S. Morse following an incident at the stateâs fire academy in early March.
The city has retained a private investigative firm, AMRIC Associates Ltd., Syracuse, to conduct the investigation into what happened when the young firefighter became unresponsive while training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science on March 3. Nine days later, Mr. Morse died at a Pennsylvania hospital.
A Pennsylvania coroner has not yet determined the cause and manner of his death.
âWe want to find out what happened and what caused it,â City Manager Kenneth A. Mix said Wednesday.
Firefighters from Binghamton to Watertown gather on I-81 overpasses to pay tribute to fallen firefighter
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Firefighters stand at attention on a bridge over Interstate 81 near North Syracuse on Monday, March 15, 2021 as a procession passes below with the body of a Watertown firefighter, Peyton Morse, who recently died from injuries he got training.Alaina Potrikus | abeckett@syracuse.com
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A procession of police and other emergency vehicles escorted the man’s body from Binghamton to Watertown, according to the New York State Police.
In Central New York, different fire departments gathered on overpasses with trucks and flags as the procession passed on the highway. Some departments raised ladders and displayed large U.S. flags.