Pushed too far? Watertown fire chief troubled by data from fallen recruitâs training Pushed too far? Watertown fire chief troubled by data from fallen recruitâs training WWNY By Jeff Cole | April 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 7:01 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Despite calls to do so, the stateâs attorney general wonât investigate the death of Watertown firefighter Peyton Morse. Weâve also learned Watertownâs fire chief has data from Morseâs breathing apparatus that makes him worry his recruit may have been pushed too far at the training facility. Firefighter Morse died after a medical emergency during whatâs called âmask confidence,â a training evolution at the state site in Montour Falls.