• An American flag is removed from firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s casket.

  • Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey joins other police officers in paying their respects at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Fox Chase.

  • Firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s casket is engraved with a cross and fire department symbol.

  • Father Charles Bonner, pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, sprinkles Daniel Sweeney’s casket with holy water.

  • Marian and David Sweeney cover their son’s casket with the pall.

  • Liturgy of the Eucharist – Firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s funeral Mass was held April 14 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church where he was once an altar server.

  • Nine priests concelebrated the funeral Mass with Archbishop Charles Chaput in attendance.

  • Firefighter Daniel Sweeney and Lt. Robert Neary were both killed while fighting a fire in a Kensington factory in the early hours of April 9.

  • Firefighters from Ladder 10 company and other companies across the city, country and Canada came to pay their respects at Daniel Sweeney’s funeral.

  • The band that Marian Sweeney, Danile’s mother, is a part of provided the music at the mass.

  • Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter offers word of condolences to the Sweeney family.

  • Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers embraces Marian Sweeney while offering condolences to her and her husband David.

  • Marian Sweeney remembers her son Daniel.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput offered these words to the Sweeney family: “We love you, we will support you, we will keep you in our prayers, and we thank you most for the gift of your son and brother who was a great example of heroism for all of us.”

  • Father Charles Bonner, pastor of St. Cecilia Parish, incenses the casket of firefighter Daniel Sweeney.

  • Daniel Sweeney’s parents, Marian and David Sweeney, and his three sisters walk behind his casket as it is led out of the church.

  • As Daniel Sweeney’s casket is brought out of the church, he receives a salute from firefighters and police officers who were lined up on Rhawn Street two blocks deep.

  • Flower rememberance for Lt. Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney on a fire truck that was one of hundreds in the funeral procession.

  • The casket of Firefighter Daniel Sweeney is brought out of St. Cecilia Catholic Church where he grew up and was once an altar server.

  • Firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s casket is loaded onto his firetruck while hundreds of fellow firefighters salute.

  • Firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s casket is loaded onto his firetruck while hundreds of fellow firefighters salute.

  • Firefighter Daniel Sweeney’s casket atop his truck leaves St Cecilia Church in the funeral procession of hundreds of firefighters, family members and friends.