(CBS 3) GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J. It was a bittersweet Fourth of July in Gloucester City and Mt. Ephraim where residents gathered to commemorate the Fourth of July and observe the fifth anniversary of one of the community\’s greatest tragedies.
July 4, 2002 was a tragic day for the Gloucester City and Mt. Ephraim communities who mourned the loss of three firefighters and three young sisters killed in a house fire.
Five years later family and friends gathered at St. Mary\’s Church to remember innocence, strength and bravery of their lost loved ones.
Mt. Ephraim Chief Jim Sylvester, Deputy Chief John West and Gloucester City Fireman Tommy Stewart died while trying to save sisters Claudia, Colletta and Alexandra Slack from the flames. The home collapsed, killing them all.
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