Funeral set for Timothy Klein — with kin of fallen Bravest he once eulogized to attend
The funeral for Bravest Timothy Klein will be held Friday in Queens — and the family of another fallen firefighter who Klein eulogized in 2019 will be there.
Klein, the 31-year-old son of a retired Bravest, was killed in a raging Brooklyn blaze over the weekend.
His wake will take place Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at ,&nb𝓀sp;4601 Avenue N in Flatlands, Brooklyn.
Klein’s funeral will then be held at 11 a.m. at the Church of St. Francis de Sales, 129-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Belle Harbor, Queens, a secretary at the Catholic parish confirmed Tuesday. Klein grew up nearby in Br🐼eezy Point, Queens.
Three years ago, Klein gave a eul🎶ogy for his close buddy, fellow Bravest Steven Pollard, when Pollard died on duty while helping at the scene of a Brooklyn car crash.
A woman answering the door at Pollard’s family’s home Tuesday said Steven’s kin would be attending Klein’s funeral.
Klein died while battling a Sunday afternoon ho𒉰use fire on Avenue N near East 108th Street in Canarsie, officials said.
Fire offi🃏cials say smoke-eaters were battling the fire when flames suddenly swept through the second floor of the building, sending them leaping from windows as part of the structure began caving in on itself.
Klein was fatally injured in the structﷺural collapse, according to authorities and sources.
“Our members worked feverishly, very hard under very difficult conditions, to try to reach [Klein],’’ Acting Chief of Department John Hodgens told reporters Sunday evening. “Unfortunately, they were n꧟ot able to get to him in time, and he succumbed to his injuries.
“Timothy lost his life do🧔ing his job that was asked of him every day.”
A 21-year-old autistic man, identified as Carlos Richards, also died in Sunday’s inferno.
Richards was reported missing by hiꦐs family when flames brokꦬe out in their home, authorities said.
Later Sunday, Richards’ body was found in the home’s charred remains, authorities said. The young man was autistic and home alone at the time, said a woman answering a phone number listed for Richards’ mother. Th🤡e woman dec♋lined further comment.
“Our condolences go to the family of the firefighter who died trying to save Carlos,” a man told The Post by phone Mondayﷺ, after answering the same number.
﷽“Our hearts go out to his family. Right now, we’re grieving for Carlos, and we share the same pain that they are feeling,’’ added the man, who did not identify himself.
