Must see video: Firefighter spots fire & helps two from roof in Middleport, NY. Police chief earlier caught 4 children
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Video by Douglas Mcpherson taken at a fire he spotted yesterday in Middleport, New York.Before McPherson's arrival Middleport Police Chief caught four children who were dropped from the second floor into his arms.
The part of this video that gives me a laugh is Firefighter McPherson telling one of the victims to put her phone down from her ear at 1:58 so they can guide her down the ladder safely. She apparently didn't want anything to happen to the phone, so it rescued before she did.
Flames broke out around 9:30 a.m. at the apartment building on Telegraph Road in Middleport. Police Chief John Swick was on patrol when he heard the call go out for a working fire. Once on scene, he was told residents were trapped in Apartment B.
"I was able to kick in the door, but I was met with a wall of black smoke," Chief Swick said.
Both Swick and a Niagara County Sheriff's deputy Shannon Rodgers rushed to the rear of the home, where a woman had opened an upstairs window.
Image above from WIVB-TV story, by Stephen M. Wallace. More at Firefighter Nation.
Chief Swick said, "I asked her to climb out and she says, 'Well, I have four children here.' So she starts handing the children out the window and letting them hang down and I was able to catch them. There was a baby, a 2-year-old, a 4- or 5-year-old and a-seven-year-old."
The mother and a second woman then lowered themselves to a first floor roof, and a ladder borrowed from a neighboring home helped get them down.
A Hamlin Firefighter says he was simply in the right place at the right time. Douglas Mcpherson says he was “just driving by” when he spotted an apartment fire in Middleport, New York on Wednesday.
In the clip you can see him assisting in helping residents escape the burning home. You can also see Mcpherson assisting in putting out the flames. According to the Buffalo News, the Middleport Police Chief and a Niagara County sheriff’s deputy rescued four children, their mother and her sister during the incident. The rescued family was treated for minor smoke inhalation. It took about an hour and a half to bring the fire under control.
A Hamlin Firefighter says he was simply in the right place at the right time. Douglas Mcpherson says he was “just driving by” when he spotted an apartment fire in Middleport, New York on Wednesday. He had a small ContourROAM camera with him, and strapped it on, before jumping out of his car to help fire crews. He sent us the 10 minute video that you watch above, or on his YouTube page here. It’s a view of heroic work that you don’t get to see very often. In the clip you can see him assisting in helping residents escape the burning home. You can also see Mcpherson assisting in putting out the flames. According to the Buffalo News, the Middleport Police Chief and a Niagara County sheriff’s deputy rescued four children, their mother and her sister during the incident. The rescued family was treated for minor smoke inhalation. It took about an hour and a half to bring the fire under control.
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