Firefighters, police officers, family, and friends paid their respects at the viewing of Lt. Sean Williamson in South Philadelphia. Williamson was killed when a three-story building in Fairhill collapsed after what officials described as a minor fire.
The throngs of mourners and first responders spent hours in the street, where the mood was both somber and celebratory. Firefighters’ badges were covered with a strip of black tape.
A funeral Mass for the 51-year-old father of one will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at Epiphany of Our Lord Church, 1121 Jackson St. After the Mass, the Fire Department will conduct a funeral procession beginning at Williamson’s firehouse at 2201 W. Hunting Park Ave. It will travel east on Hunting Park and turn south on Broad Street until it reaches Stolfo Funeral Home, at Broad and Porter Streets in South Philadelphia.