Firefighters Lauded In Rescue Efforts In Apartment Blaze

March 12, 2007 New York - City firefighters racing to a burning 18th Street apartment house early Sunday morning feared the worst, confronted by heavy smoke on the first and second floors, zero visibility and reports of multiple people trapped inside. But emergency crews managed to get everyone out safely from the Whitney Apartments at 1310 18th St. The city's entire contingent of onduty firefighters, with some help from Niagara Falls police officers, rescued a half-dozen or more residents from ...