Capt. Anthony Harper of Engine 163 was the first firefighter to respond to multiple reports of trapped individuals in a blaze at 267 Ada Drive in Graniteville around 3:45 p.m. Friday.
Harper went down to the basement - there was a very heavy smoke condition - he found the baby on the bottom bunk of a bunk bed that was towards the back of the house.
He saw that there was a window right there, and in an attempt to get the baby to the cleanest air possible as quickly as possible, instead of going through the apartment that he had just come through, he began to pass the baby just out into the fresh air.
After being treated by EMS at the scene, the baby was taken to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, where it was listed in critical condition, according to the FDNY.
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