(New York - WABC, November 23, 2005) - A ten year-old boy owes his life to a pair of off-duty firefighters. Two men who had never met until they both ran into a burning building.
The men saw smoke and flames pouring from a home on 137th Street in Queensboro Hill. Even though they had no protective gear and no oxygen, both men worked their way through the smoke-filled home.
The boy is now recovering in flushing hospital.
Steve Devaney, FDNY: "That's what you're trained to do. You don't think that you don't have your mask or gear or anything on. It's a matter of keeping going and if you can grab somebody and save a life you do."
Tommy Morgan, FDNY: "He was just happy to be out of there. He just wanted dad. He was like 'no I can't go to the hospital, dad's coming.'"
Seven people were hurt in the fire but no one was seriously hurt.
(Copyright 2005 WABC-TV)
