2-year-old safe after he was thrown to safety from a second-story window during a New Jersey apartment fire, authorities say.
A father and his 2-year-old were safe after the toddler was tossed to safety from a second-story window during an apartment fire in New Jersey on Monday, authorities said.
"We thought the building was evacuated, and then there’s somebody at the window and then we said, 'Oh my God, he has a baby,'" police Sgt. John Penney told "We knew we had to act fast, as there wasn’t time to mess around," he told NBC New York."The smoke was coming out so bad."“This dramatic rescue was the result of years of first responders working together,” Fire Chief Perez said.
When first responders, including about 50 firefighters, arrived to the three-story complex, heavy fire was spreading on the top two floors and thick smoke clouded the building, the Monmouth department said.