Roll of Honor
Albert James Breisinger Jr.
Incident
Patrolman Albert Breisinger died after attempting to rescue two boys from a sinkhole at Jefferson Memorial Cemetery. Patrolman Breisinger was the first officer on the scene and discovered the bodies of the two boys inside the hole. When Patrolman Breisinger went into the shaft to attempt a rescue the oxygen in the sinkhole was depleted to the point it could no longer support human or animal life. Undetectable, rapid unconsciousness occurred in seconds, and boys and Patrolman Breisinger didn't have enough oxygen to survive. Patrolman Breisinger was hospitalized for several days but never regained consciousness. He had served with the Pleasant Hills Borough Police Department for 15 months.
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You barely got started.
Patrolman Breisinger gave the Pleasant Hills Borough Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Pittsburgh community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Breisinger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Albert James Breisinger Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 33.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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