VIDEO: Flags across the City of Albany remained at half-staff Thursday as the community mourned a firefighter who died after a cardiac event while off duty Saturday. Edward Verhoff, or Eddie, as friends called him, was just two weeks shy of his 46th birthday when he died Saturday.
He also served as vice president of the Albany Permanent Professional Firefighters’ Union. The union told NewsChannel 13 his death was being investigated as work-related, as he had worked beforehand.
Black and purple bunting draped the door of the union headquarters in Albany Thursday. The building where Verhoff was a constant presence has become a meeting space for his colleagues to mourn in the days since his passing.
Union President Robert Mengel said Verhoff valued his family above all, leaving behind his wife Kim and two young sons.