In this morning’s New York Post:
The women were in an apartment on the third floor of the building at 1223 FDR Drive at around 4:30 p.m. when the fire broke out, a Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters Charles Maloney and Steven Katz of Ladder 18 followed the screams of the health-care provider, in her 50s, who was trapped behind a child-guard screen … Maloney, in a bucket ladder outside of the building, removed the guard and pulled the aide to safety. Katz then went into the apartment and carried the bed-ridden elderly woman, in her 70s, from the blaze.
“That’s what we do, we come to work everyday hoping we can do this,” said Maloney of their heroism.
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