A fact from 23rd Street Fire appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,303 times ( disclaimer) ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the New York City Fire Department lost 12 firefighters in the 23rd Street Fire in 1966, the department's largest loss of life in a single incident until 343 officers were killed on September 11, 2001? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/August.

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Potential Additional Reference: Jean Shepherd /info/en/?search=Jean_Shepherd gave a first hand account as an onlooker during his October 19, 1966 radio show which you can read about here: http://www.flicklives.com/index.php?pg=200&ID=19661019W I do not know if this is worthy of being included as an "External Link" for people who want more information, but I thought I would include it here. I suppose it would be better if we could find a "free" or online version of Jean's talk. 67.251.217.9 ( talk) 23:00, 8 February 2017 (UTC) reply