Catherine Lohan, one of the first women to become an FDNY firefighter, dies at 68

Catherine Lohan, one of the women who smashed the FDNY’s gender barrier nearly 40 years ago to become a New York City firefighter, died on Tuesday. She was 68.

Lohan was 32 when she graduated from the FDNY’s rigorous Fire Academy in 1982 — one of 41 women who joined the department after a historic...

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