An FDNY firefighter who risked his life to rescue a child from a burning home in Brooklyn was honored Friday.
Mayor Eric Adams presented a proclamation to Firefighter Stefon Douglas during a ceremony at City Hall.Douglas was going home from work on June 5 when he saw a home on fire on Kings Highway in Flatlands.
"He was not dressed in his normal firefighter attire, but he immediately responded. He responded and he picked up a garden hose, started putting out the flames, entering the house, heard cries of a child, made his way through the smoke and the flames to get to the child that was in a bathroom, and he saved that baby," Adams said.
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