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Video above from a fire last (Friday) night in Centereach, New York (Suffolk County on Long Island) where an off-duty police office used his ladder to save a family of four and one of their dogs.
Ryan Bonner, Port Jefferson Patch:
At about10:50 p.m., 12-year-old Caleigh Anson alerted her father, James Anson, a 7th Precinct COPE (Community Oriented Police Enforcement) officer that a house across the street from their house was on fire.
Caleigh called 911 and Anson rushed to his garage and retrieved a ladder, then placed it near the second story window of 2 Minto Court where homeowners Jason and April Noon were screaming for help. The front of their house was fully engulfed in flames at the time.
Anson climbed up the ladder as Jason and April Noon passed their two boys ages 7 and 5-years-old to the officer. Anson passed the children to two Sixth Precinct Gang Unit officers, who brought them to safety.
