They were taken to the hospital to be evaluated and treated for injuries. 'We dream of making a difference, and I was happy to have this opportunity.”įDNY firefighters were able to rescue 12 people from the blaze, according to FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro. 'Once the rescue began, all I was thinking about was saving a life,' he added. As I prepared to take the individual out of the window, the inside team reached the person, and we decided the safest exit was through the interior. 'I grabbed the person and said that everything was going to be OK. “Firefighter Philip Ingwersen laid on the roof with another member as an anchor and lowered me to the window,' firefighter Jose Castro of Squad 41 said. This is a team effort.”Īt the same time, two other firefighters performed the identical rope maneuver to rescue another person from the sixth floor. 'We practice this drill every Monday, but this was my first roof-rope rescue. We didn’t think twice about it,' Miller said. 'It was tough, but we did what we had to do. Miller said he had worked with Sosa before, and that familiarity allowed them to spring into action quickly. I made sure not to move to ensure he was able to make the rescue,” We train for this all the time, so I felt comfortable. 'I attached the rope to his harness, but I couldn’t find a place to secure the other side, so I laid down on the roof, braced myself with a heavy pipe, and held him on the rope as he made his way to the child. 'Firefighter Abraham Miller, Ladder 23, and I heard screaming, and we saw a kid’s little hands out of one of the windows,' Ladder 34 firefighter Jairo Sosa said in an online post by the department. When crews arrived at the scene, they found flames shooting through windows, and screaming could be heard from the upper floors. on the fifth floor of a six-story building in the Washington Heights neighborhood, WABC-TV reports. The fire broke out shortly after 4:30 a.m.

FDNY firefighters performed a daring rope rescue from the roof of a six-story Manhattan building to save a 5-year-old girl trapped in a two-alarm blaze early Tuesday.

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