Colleagues, Family Mourn Death of Firefighter-Soldier

NPR | By Chris Caya

Published April 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Army reservist Christopher Dill, a firefighter from Buffalo, N.Y., died in Iraq April 4 when he was shot during an ambush northeast of Baghdad. The firefighters of Engine 21 say he was a stand-up guy who could also be counted on for fun. Chris Caya of member station WNED reports.

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