Jul 14, 2008 6:22 am US/Eastern
NYC Doorman Rescues Woman From Burning Building
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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A two-alarm fire broke out at 254 W. 73rd St. on Sunday.
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A doorman rushed inside a burning brownstone on the Upper West Side Sunday to rescue a resident.
Doorman Izet Nelkovic ran inside the engulfed building on 254 W. 73rd St. to alert Judith Rice of the fire.
Rice told CBS 2 she was completely unaware of the dangerous situation. "I heard nothing, smelled nothing," she said. "It was his urgency. I didn't turn around to close the door behind me because I heard it in his voice, and I heard it in his pounding - get out of there, get out of there."
As soon as the two left the building, an explosion blew out the room Rice was in.
"He put himself at risk. That building could have exploded with him standing in it - he didn't need to do that," she said, dubbing Nelkovic 'New Yorker of the Year.'
"I was in the building to call people to get out," Nelkovic said, humbly acknowledging his bravery.
Five firefighters suffered minor injuries battling the two-alarm fire.
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