He grabbed Foti and freed her from the guard.

Meanwhile, the apartment Foti was in became so engulfed in smoke that she had no choice but to hang from the window for what fire officials said was five minutes.įirefighter Belvon Koranteng from Ladder 16 was lowered down to the apartment with a rope - a rescue technique described Saturday as “a last resort in the FDNY” by FDNY Chief Frank Leeb - where he discovered Foti was stuck on a window guard.įirefighter Artur Podgorski, also from Ladder 16, was then lowered down.

“It seemed a lot longer when you’re in the thick of it.” “We were in the bedroom watching the smoke and watching the crowd from down there,” said Lucas Leblanc, 22. It’s a neighbor’s bike that he won and I don’t know anything about it.”Ī couple on the 21st floor noticed smoke pouring out of their closet, but as they investigated, it was clear it was coming from downstairs.įirefighters told the couple to stay put, move as far away from the smoke as possible and to lay wet towels at the base of their door. 52nd St. between First Ave. and Sutton Place, FDNY officials said. Saturday when a lithium-ion battery attached to an e-bike exploded by the front door of a 20th-floor apartment in the building on E.

“I would have died without them,” Christina Foti said from a hospital bed. The woman who was rescued by firefighters as she dangled from a 20-story window during a Manhattan building fire would not have escaped the flames without the heroics of the FDNY, she gratefully told the Daily News on Sunday.

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