WATCH: Commack Firefighter Deployed In Texas Describes Life-Saving Efforts

A local firefighter who was deployed with the U.S. Air Force 106th Rescue Wing to conduct lifesaving rescues in Texas recently described the details of the efforts to save the victims of Hurricane Harvey during an interview with a local news outlet.

Lt. Christopher Raguso, of Commack Fire Department's Engine Company 4, was interviewed on the Central Texas news outlet, KCEN TV, on Tuesday where he provided details from the rescue mission he performed over the past few days saving infants, toddlers, young adults, elderly people and more.

Raguso was part of a team who helped save people stranded on the roof of a school.

"We would get general information from the dispatchers and we would try to get on station and do our search and once we would find them then we would develop a game plan on how we were going to rescue them, how were going to get them in and most importantly how we were going to get them out," he told KCEN.

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In total, 255 there were rescues on Tuesday. Raguso described one moment during a rescue on Monday that stood out to him.

"The first time we saw we saw someone holding a blanket out the window that said 'help' on it, that's when it got real," he said.

Watch Raguso's full interview below:

Photo: Screenshot/KCEN TV video