‘We have felt your love’: Firefighters thank community for support after Duxbury family tragedy

DUXBURY, Mass. — The Duxbury Fire Department says it’s thankful for all the community support firefighters have received in wake of a family tragedy involving a mother who is charged in the deaths of her three young children.

In a tweet, Duxbury Fire Chief Robert G. Reardon said, “We don’t have enough thank you notes to go around. I want to make sure everyone knows we have felt your love and support over the last week, and we are humbled by it. The community has helped tremendously. We are proud to be your firefighters.”

On Jan. 24, 5-year-old Cora Clancy and 3-year-old Dawson Clancy were strangled inside their Summer Street home by their mother, 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said. Her youngest child, 8-month-old Callan Clancy, was pronounced dead days later.

Police officers and firefighters first responded to the family’s home after a man, later identified as Lindsay Clancy’s husband, returned home and called 911 to report his wife’s attempted suicide. Cruz said Lindsay Clancy survived a jump out of a second-story window. She was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Lindsay Clancy is currently under police custody in a Boston hospital.

Lindsay’s husband, Patrick Clancy, issued a statement this past weekend, asking people to forgive his wife for what transpired.

“I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have. The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone - me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients,” Patrick Clancy wrote in a statement that was posted Saturday to a GoFundMe page that is taking donations for the family. “The very fibers of her soul are loving. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.”

Patrick also wrote about how his children brightened his days, in addition to sharing intimate details about his wife and their relationship, including how it was “love at first sight.”

Last week, Reardon said the horrible sights of the tragic event have taken a toll on the public safety community, including emergency crew members from Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanover, Hanson, and Halifax who assisted Duxbury officials at the scene.

An investigation into the deaths of the children remains ongoing.

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