"Black Sunday" Building Owners Found Guilty

A jury found a Bronx building's former owner and its current owner guilty of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment for a 2005 apartment fire. The apartment had been subdivided, creating a fatal warren for firefighters to navigate; six firefighters ended up jumping out of a 6th floor window, with two, Lt. Curtis Meyran and firefighter John Bellew (pictured), falling to their deaths. A firefighter told NY1, "We were very satisfied today with this decision from this jury here. It's not a reason to celebrate in any way, it doesn't bring John or Curt back. We're still very disappointed with the decision from Friday. All I can think is that jury made a very dangerous job that much more dangerous with their decision," in reference to last week's not guilty verdict for the tenants who subdivided their spaces.