By ERIKA MARTINEZ
New York Post
NEW YORK — The death of a decorated EMS lieutenant killed by a pulmonary embolism last year has finally been recognized as being in line of duty by the FDNY, The Post has learned.
While working April 20, Lt. Brendan Pearson, a 24-year EMS veteran, sustained a hernia while lifting a defibrillator box.
Pearson, 49, assigned to Station 23 on Staten Island, underwent surgery at Victory Memorial Hospital in Brooklyn and appeared to be recovering when he died three days later.
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