While trying to save a life, Michael Kenwood ’94 lost his own. The former director of the Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps (BEMCo) died attempting a swift-water rescue during Hurricane Irene on Aug.

The blaze began just after 11 a.m. in some brush off SR-94 east of Kenwood Drive, near some apartments. Thick smoke was reported in the area, billowing off the freeway. Firefighters were able to ...