Daring FDNY Rope Rescue Caught on Video

Oct. 28, 2016
Rescue 1 firefighter James Lee was lowered from the roof of the five-story building to rescue the elderly man.

A dramatic scene unfolded on Manhattan's Upper East Side when a firefighter was lowered from the roof to rescue a man trapped during a six-alarm fire. The fire broke out in a five-story building on East 93rd Street around 3 a.m. Rescue 1 firefighter James Lee was lowered from the roof of the five-story building to rescue the elderly man.