FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com MARCH 28, 2013 • THE COURIER SUN 11 Family hails FDNY captain their . . . SAVIOR BY MAGGIE HAYES still inside. [email protected] “That’s when I headed up,” said Miller. The fi re, which originated in the FDNY Captain Paul Miller knew he upstairs bedroom, had spread throughout had to act quickly when he got word the apartment. Miller fi rst searched that 77-year-old Panta Getejanc was still the fl ame-engulfed bedroom, then moved inside his burning Glendale home. on to search the remainder of the fl oor. Getejanc’s son, also named Panta, He found the senior Getejanc in the returned to their two-family home on living room, towards the rear of the January 25 around midnight. He didn’t apartment. fall sleep right away, and just before 2 a.m. “I ran my hand over him, and he let heard his mother scream from upstairs, out a slight groan,” said Miller. Getejanc “Fire!” was slightly conscious, but not coherent, “I ran upstairs,” he said. “I got the fi re he added. extinguisher, I tried to put it out. I put During his search on the cold winter it out for a little while, but the fi re burst night, Miller got word from his team back in my face.” that all of the surrounding hydrants were When the younger Getejanc realized frozen. They were going to have to use he could not put out the fl ames on his booster water – the extra supply that they own, he called for his mother and father carry on fi re trucks. to come downstairs, but only his mother “At that time, I just realized I had him followed. They called 9-1-1, and the Fire and had to get him out of there quickly,” Department, only a few blocks away, he said. responded within minutes. With that, Miller had to travel back Miller happened to be fi lling in at the through the fl ames towards the entrance Glendale fi rehouse that night. When they of the apartment with Getejanc at his side. got the call and landed on site, Getejanc When he got to the stairs, other fi refi ghters told the fi refi ghters that his father was were coming up to retrieve Getejanc. FDNY Captain Paul Miller (left) and fellow fi refi ghters rescued 77-year-old Panta Getejanc from his burning Glendale home. “Everything that could go wrong was going wrong, but the guys did a great job,” said Miller. Since the night of the fi re, Getejanc has been in the hospital. He has had two skin graft surgeries as a result of the burns. He recently contracted pneumonia and was put on a respirator, but as of Monday, March 25, was taken off it. His son, who visits him most days, said he is doing “much better.” Miller was named a Daily News Hero of the Month for March, and said he is “very grateful” that he was able to get Getejanc out of the fi re. Photo Courtesy The New York Daily News “You always hope they make a full recovery,” he said. “I’m hopeful that one day I get a chance to meet him, and I hope the best for him and his family.” The younger Getejanc has been spending days in the fi nished basement of their Glendale home, which still has no second fl oor following the fi re. His insurance company secured an apartment nearby for him and his family to stay in until repairs are made. He said he would like to go and see the team who saved his father’s life. “Maybe my wife will bake something for them,” he said, laughing. Checking that earns like savings. BestRate Checking 1.00APY1 % On balances of $5,000 or more. Plus, get up to $ 1 5 0 when you open a new checking account.2 Additionally, a BestRate Checking account provides you with: Free online banking and bill pay, Free Mastercard® ATM/Debit card, Free direct deposit and more. 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