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 Posted By: Walt Mathers on: 09/06/2010 11:12:35 EDTSubject: Emerg Fire Boat Opr Dies in Accident |
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Robert Sebeck, a Baltimore City firefighter who jumped into the harbor to rescue people aboard a capsized water taxi in 2004, died after falling from a roof July 12 2010 while repairing a chimney at his Abingdon home. He was 49. Born in Baltimore and raised in Belair-Edison, he was a 1979 graduate of Archbishop Curley High School. He joined the Baltimore City Fire Department and was stationed at Oldtown in downtown Baltimore before serving as an emergency boat operator at the city's fire and rescue maritime station at Fort McHenry. When a pontoon water taxi capsized shortly after leaving the NPS Fort McHenry pier during a freak squall in 2004, Sebeck was the first rescuer in the water. He and his partner were on the fireboat that reached the overturned craft, the Lady D. Later that year, Fire Chief William J. Goodwin Jr. awarded Robert Sebeck the department's Heroic Service Award. Mr. Sebeck also met with surviving family members who returned to Baltimore on the anniversary of the Lady D's capsizing. Robert enjoyed fishing and crabbing. A funeral Mass was held at the Shrine of the Little Flower Roman Catholic Church, Belair Road and Brendan Avenue for Mr. Sebeck. Survivors include Robert's wife of 19 years, the former Mary Ann Cinquegrani; three sons, Daniel Sebeck of Essex, Robert Sebeck Jr. of Essex and James Sebeck of Abingdon; a daughter, Sara Sebeck of Abingdon; a stepdaughter, Melissa Leneve of Oklahoma; his father, James Sebeck of Rosedale; two brothers, Frank Sebeck of Parkville and James Sebeck of Dundalk; a sister, Jodie Schultz of Bel Air; and three grandchildren. Drawn from an article of July 16, 2010 by Jacques Kelly of The Baltimore Sun |
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