For the last 10 years, I’ve been on a mission to restore my grandfather’s good name and to fight to grant him the honor I strongly feel he deserves. I knew it would be hard because he died almost 82 years ago.

When I was growing up, as I wrote in a previous column (“Justice Must Be Served for Wronged Firefighter,” 10/4/17), I knew that New York Fire Department firefighter Thomas O’Brien died in 1935 after fighting a fire. Our family saved an old newspaper clipping reporting his death that stated Fireman Tom fought a fire, complained of a headache and felt dizzy upon returning to the firehouse.