Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz Honors Verizon Worker, Officers for Saving Man’s Life
Praises Quick-Thinking Rescuers With Citations for Fire Rescue
MIDWOOD — Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Midwood) lauded the quick-thinking heroism of Verizon employee Steven Baudille and 61st Precinct Police Officers Andrew Gibbs and Melissa Waldon during a presentation of citations at his district office for the three heroes.
The 36-year-old Baudille was en route to a job at approximately 11 a.m. when he noticed that smoke was pouring out of a building’s basement on East Eighth Street in Midwood. The Staten Island resident flagged down the two cops nearby and, unconcerned for their own personal safety, the three of them broke through the basement’s window frame. Baudille was able to drag the critically injured Offir Shachar, 40, to safety.