Jeromy Wuneburger says that nothing that he had done as a San Antonio firefighter counts before an April 21 apartment fire.
Engine 39 responded to a multiple alarm fire early that morning and they found a family trapped on a second floor balcony by the ensuing fire.
"The father had decided it would be better to lower his daughter down to one of our guys because it was real hot and smoky up there," Firefighter Josh Downes told KSAT.com.
"You could see the desperation in his face, I lined up with him under the baby, it was kind of a 1, 2, 3 kind of thing, he dropped the baby, I caught the baby, I looked over the baby, she was OK," Wuneburger recalled.
Firefighters from Engines 39 and 40 then rescued the parents.
Following the blaze, firefighters collected toys and clothes to help the family.
"When we went over there the mom and dad let me hold the baby for quite a while, you know, I got to rub her little head and just get that connection … this one was real," Wuneburger said.
