February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
County Longford man Frank Hennessy, who was 35, was assigned to the city’s 70th precinct in Brooklyn. He was responding to a call on Farragut Rd. and Flatbush Ave. in the Flatbush section at about 8:30 p.m. Monday night when he suffered what appears to have been a heart attack.
Colleagues rushed Hennessy to Kings County Hospital, where family members gathered and doctors battled to keep him alive through the night.
On Tuesday morning, he was transferred to Downstate Medical Center, across the street from the hospital. He died just after 12 noon.
Officer Hennessy joined the NYPD in 1987 and lived in the Windsor Terrace section of Brooklyn.
He is mourned by his wife Regina, two daughters Deirdre, 5, and Shannon, 2, his eight brothers and sisters, other family members, distraught colleagues and many friends.
The viewing will be in M.J. Smith Funeral Home, 248 Prospect Park West, on Thursday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. night and Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. A funeral Mass will take place on Saturday morning in the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2805 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, at 9:45 a.m.