I hadn't heard that... pinging WPtG. Bump to post #1150 - can you help on this question?
I just did a google search and came up with a name: Michael Brescia,the son of William Brescia, a fireman in Philadelphia. Some suspected at one point that he was John Doe #2. It's been so long since I looked into these details that I don't remember more. Since I live in the Philadelphia area, I remembered him because of the local connection.