Medical staff and members of the FDNY accompanied Christopher Zambrzycki of Engine 58 as he was discharged from Harlem Hospital.
The FDNY firefighter was seriously injured after a fire broke out Friday on the second floor of a six-story building on West 145th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway.
FDNY officials say Zambrzycki took a nasty fall while backing down the stairs.
"Stepped right into a window and then down about 40 feet of a shaft behind the building," said FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker.
Zambrzycki was working a hose inside the building and was among the first responders looking for pockets of fire and trapped residents.
Officials determined that a power cord to lamp sparked the six-alarm fire.
The FDNY made a video to remind people to use electrical cords safely.
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