Tuesday, September 1, 2015
ST. PAUL, MN
A St. Paul, MN firefighter died Monday after he fell ill and collapsed while on duty.
Shane Clifton, a 38-year-old firefighter and paramedic, was working at Fire Station No. 14, 111 Snelling Avenue North, when he collapsed, according to fire officials.
His colleagues immediately began treatment and while rushing him to Regions Hospital. The staff there worked several hours to save his life, St. Paul fire officials said.
Clifton was a U.S. Navy veteran who was named Command Sailor of the Year for 2001 aboard the USS Curtis Wilbur. He worked as an emergency department technician for Unity Hospital in Fridley, and Allina EMS, before joining the St. Paul Fire Department on October 1, 2007.
This is the 63rd St. Paul firefighter to die in the line of duty and the first since Ray Hain died in 2009.
