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ICYMI: Couple Saved From Burning East Northport Home

Check out this story from earlier in the week on Northport Patch.

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Second Precinct Police Officers Shane Wild (left) and Steven Capogna rescued a woman in a fire in East Northport early Friday. Her husband was rescued by Commack firefighters.
Second Precinct Police Officers Shane Wild (left) and Steven Capogna rescued a woman in a fire in East Northport early Friday. Her husband was rescued by Commack firefighters. (Suffolk County Police Department)

EAST NORTHPORT, NY — A married couple was saved from their burning East Northport home early Friday by first responders, Suffolk police said.

The Penfield Drive home was fully engulfed in flames when Officers Shane Wild and Steven Capogna got there.

The officers placed a ladder against a window of the house, climbed the ladder, lifted a woman out of the window, and carried her to safety. The woman's husband was freed from the house by members of the Commack Fire Department.

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