Hero Firefighter Braves Flames to Rescue Brooklyn Woman

A 60-year-old woman was pulled from her burning Brooklyn home by a hero firefighter who rushed into the flames.

The second-alarm fire was burning through 427 Hart Street when Firefighter Greg Patsos ran in Sunday night. Firefighters didn't have water on the fire yet, when Patsos found the badly burned woman on a staircase.

He yanked the woman out of the smoke and flames and to safety. She sustained serious burns and was taken to the burn unit at Cornell Medical Center.

Patsos said he doesn't consider himself a hero. He reserves that distinction for solders fighting in Iraq.