On Monday morning, on Lincoln Avenue in Midland Beach, firefighters Ronald Mitchell and Michael Luongo went into an apartment and found a man hanging from a window.
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According to the New York City Fire Department, Mitchell got behind the man to keep him calm, and Luongo secured the man in a basket and slid him down a ladder to a waiting ambulance.
The man is recovering in the hospital in serious condition.
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FDNY members brought the fire under control with no further serious injuries.
The cause was later determined to be accidental. There was no working smoke alarm in the home.