The final witnesses are expected to testify Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into last year's deadly cargo ship fire at Port Newark. Newark Fire Captains Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, were killed when the massive fire tore through the Italian cargo ship Grande Costa D'Avorio last July. Five other firefighters were injured. Acabou was a 10-year veteran of the fire department. At his funeral, he was remembered as a kind and compassionate jokester who loved baseball and his family. Brooks, affectionately known as 'Bear,' spent 16 years with the department after graduating first in his class at the academy. His friends said he loved to cook for fellow firefighters. Both men were posthumously promoted to the rank of captain.
The final witnesses are expected to testify Wednesday in the ongoing investigation into last year's deadly cargo ship fire at Port Newark . Newark Fire Captains Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks Jr., 49, were killed when the massive fire tore through the Italian cargo ship Grande Costa D'Avorio last July. Five other firefighters were injured. Acabou was a 10-year veteran of the fire department.
At his funeral, he was remembered as a kind and compassionate jokester who loved baseball and his family. Brooks, affectionately known as 'Bear,' spent 16 years with the department after graduating first in his class at the academy. His friends said he loved to cook for fellow firefighters. Both men were posthumously promoted to the rank of captain
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