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Feds join Ohio firefighter’s death investigation

Officials said the investigation might turn up issues unrelated to Daryl Gordon’s death that need to be changed

WCPO.com

CINCINNATI — Federal investigators will meet with the Cincinnati Fire Department on Friday to discuss their inquiry into the death of veteran firefighter Daryl Gordon.

Gordon, a 30-year veteran, died when he fell down an elevator shaft March 26 while working to save residents in the King Towers apartment complex., 6020 Dahlgren St. in Madisonville, during an early morning fire.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is one of three agencies trying to piece together what led to Gordon’s death.

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