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08 May 2011

Obituary of Sean Coogan

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(extracted from "San Francisco Chronicle" [CA], 06 APR 1998):

COOGAN - Sean Coogan, who was hailed a hero for saving fellow 
firefighters during the 1996 Calabasas-Malibu firestorm, died of 
a heart attack. He was 47. Mr. Coogan died Wednesday at his home 
in Rancho Cucamonga, Glendale fire officials announced Saturday. 
He was found by his wife of two years when she returned home from 
her job as a dispatcher at the Fire Department, where they met.  
Attempts to resuscitate Mr. Coogan were unsuccessful, fire 
Battalion Chief Steve Howard said.  Last year, the 24-year 
department veteran received the fire chief's commendation for 
"heroic actions and commitment to duty" during the Calabasas-
Malibu fire.  Mr. Coogan was driving a fire engine that became 
trapped in a firestorm while protecting homes in Corral Canyon 
on Oct. 22, 1996. Six firefighters were injured, including 
William Jensen, who received second- and third-degree burns over 
70 percent of his body and was hospitalized for three months.  
"Sean has been one of my best friends on and off the job for the 
whole 24 years he was in the department," Jensen said.  "If he 
hadn't stayed at his post and kept pumping the water to us, we 
wouldn't have been able to get out." Mr. Coogan is survived by 
his wife, Linda, and an 11-year-old daughter, Jenna. 

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(extracted from "San Diego Union-Tribune" [CA], 06 APR 1998):

SEAN COOGAN... 47... firefighter... Rancho Cucamonga...

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(extracted from "Palm Beach Post" [FL], 06 APR 1998, PAGE 4B):

FIREFIGHTER HERO S. COOGAN - Firefighter Sean Coogan, 47, among 
those credited with helping save some his cohorts during the 
catastrophic Calabasas-Malibu blaze of 1996, died last week of a 
heart attack, Glendale fire officials said Saturday.  Mr. Coogan, 
a 24-year veteran, was behind the wheel of the fire engine 
entrapped in a firestorm while protecting homes on Oct. 22, 1996.  
The blaze critically injured firefighter William Jensen, who 
suffered second and third degree burns to more than 70 percent of 
his...

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(extracted from "Syracuse Herald-Journal" [NY], 06 APR 1998):

[SEAN COOGAN] - Sean Coogan, 47, who was hailed a hero for 
saving... ...died Wednesday in Glendale, Calif., of a heart 
attack.  Mr. Coogan was driving a fire engine that became trapped 
while protecting...

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