And all i had to do was see his name on the memorial plaque and i lost it. Reporter heading into the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul for a viewing this evening, Michael Carney gets emotional. He remembers the moment he learn his friend and fellow firefighter lieutenant Matt Letourneau died while working a fire over the weekend he shared memories of letourneau. I walk into the firefighters survival class and saw matt there as an instructor and i was incredibly proud to see somebody that i influenced when he was young go that far and hear how good he was doing. Reporter letourneau had 11 years with the philadelphia fire department. He was 42 years old. Saturday he responded to a house fire on colorado avenue in north philly and became trapped insi inside. Among the large number that turn out to pay their respects is former philadelphia fire commissioner lloyd ayer. I swore matt in years ago, you know, and you remember certain people, and he had one of those spirits that just
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