On June 25th 1998, police officer Peter Getz rushed to the scene of a
deadly house fire. The lifeless body of a young girl was thrust into
his arms. Now,
some 18 years later, they both have a truly amazing story
to tell.
The dramatic event occurred when Peter Getz was working as a
patrolman in Hartford, Connecticut. He got news on his radio of a fire
that had broken out on Washington Street. He headed straight for the
scene.
At the time, 5-year-old Josibelk Aponte was at home with her uncle
Jofrey when the fire started. All she remembers is a room full of thick
smoke, and then nothing.
Getz arrived just as Aponte was being pulled from the burning
building. The firefighter who initially rescued her had no time to lose.
He passed the unconscious girl to Getz before heading back inside to
fight the flames.
With no medics on the scene at that moment, her life was in Peter
Getz’s hands. Photographer Al Chaniewski managed to capture an image of
the heart wrenching scene. he safe the girl from the burning house alone.
Chaniewski caught the dramatic scene on camera whilst taking
photographs for local newspaper the Hartford Courant, The girl had gone
into cardiac arrest, and Getz was carrying Aponte’s unresponsive body.
The police officer was about to perform CPR.
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