Off-duty NYPD officer speaks out after saving mom, 2 daughters from Staten Island fire

A daring rescue was caught on camera when an off-duty officer ripped down a fence to get into a back yard to help save two girls and their mother from a fire.

The fire happened last Wednesday on Rensselaer Avenue, but the heroic officer, Lt. James Heinz, spoke out about the rescue on Monday.

“The front door was already up in flames, I couldn’t get in, so I was trying to run down the driveway and there’s a fence in the back yard, you heard people yelling so I knew people were inside, so I had to break down their fence,” Heinz said…

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