By Leila Merrill
WASHINGTON — Members of D.C. Fire and EMS made two dramatic rescues on Sunday.
Late Sunday, a veteran firefighter caught a toddler who was dropped from a second-floor window of a burning building.
Firefighter Jared McKinney told NBC Washington that in his 17 years on the job, none of the rescues he has made have come close to this one.
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“You could see the front door was filled with black smoke, and as we were advancing with the attack line, a father was hanging out of the window with his child,” McKinney said. “Everything happened so fast I didn’t have time to get nervous it was more so I had a job that had to get done and I executed it to the best of my ability,” he said.
The child was not injured.
Hours earlier, a rookie firefighter helped a woman get out of a burning apartment.
Kojo Saunders is six months into his job as a probationary firefighter for Engine 10 in Trinidad, WUSA9 reported.
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He said he heard someone coughing as firefighters were moving a hose into the building. Saunders found her and dragged her out.
DC Fire and EMS tweeted that the woman was transported to a trauma center and had serious injuries.
“It feels nice to do my job,” Saunders said.
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