A daring Chanukah fire rescue in Queens was captured on a police officer’s body camera.
Officers Albert Trotter and Jessica Arrubla from the 107th Precinct responded to a 911 call for a house fire on 173rd Street on Monday.
Officer Trotter was able to locate the victim inside the smoke-filled home and bring him to safety.
Both officers are being hailed as heroes for their life-saving actions that day.
NYPD Commissioner Dermont Shea called it “An amazing demonstration of bravery”.
“NYPD cops leave their homes & go to work every day not knowing what their day may hold”, Shea says, “They switch gears several times a tour, going from a car stop, to a gun-run, to a house fire.”
As YWN has reported, the FDNY has confirmed that the fire was started by an unattended Menorah.
Queens Hatzolah was on the scene in seconds, and transported both NYPD Officers to Northshore University Hospital. The elderly victim was transported in stable condition.
WATCH THE BODYCAM FOOTAGE HERE:
We are all so proud of Police Officer Arrubla and Trotter with their quick response yesterday coming to aid and saving a senior community member from there home. #Heroes #SoProud https://t.co/SZUXxMUEBl
— NYPD 107th Precinct (@NYPD107Pct) December 24, 2019
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What is going on? Why are there so many fires this year caused by unattended menorahs?? This is unprecedented!
Am I missing something? The CAD was transmitted at approximately 4:13 PM for a fire in a private dwelling. The body camera footage is from approximately 7 PM, hours after the initial dispatch. Did it take 3 hours for the victim to be located and was dispatch still requesting for an additional ambulance hours later???
Moderators: Please ignore and don’t approve my prior comment. The 4:13 AM time stamp was from a feed that was delayed
Thank you so much to those wonderful Police Officers.
Thanks a lot to the entire Police Department . If 2 officers are great, that means that the other Police Officers are also very good. They work as a team.