Anthony Murdick

Today we honor Anthony Murdick with the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company whose LODD was 4/8/2001. 

Anthony V. Murdick‚ 25‚ assistant Chief‚ Unionville Volunteer Fire Company‚ Inc.‚ Butler‚ died April 8‚ 2001‚ while attempting to recover the body of a kayaker trapped in a swift-moving current. He and firefighter Scott Wilson‚ who also died in this incident‚ joined the department’s Junior Firefighter Program together when they were both 16. The father of a young son‚ Murdick was an advanced diver who was only a few months away from qualifying as a master diver.

He once said that having a child was the best thing he ever did with his life.