Funeral held for fallen Philadelphia firefighter

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Family and friends said their final goodbyes to a Philadelphia firefighter who died in the line of duty last week.

A procession along west Lehigh Avenue brought Gabriel Lee's casket to the Deliverance Evangelistic Church on Tuesday morning.
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Lee was found unresponsive by fellow firefighters just hours after he had responded to a fire on July 23rd.



He was working with Ladder Company 12 in North Philadelphia.
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During the services on Tuesday, Lee was called a great friend who always had your back.

"But most of all, perhaps the best thing that any FF can have said about him, was that Gabe was a firefighter's firefighter," said Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel.



Investigators have not said how Lee died.