Ashes, Hopes and Heroes...

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The tiniest victim of a devastating Thanksgiving blaze in Brooklyn was clinging to life yesterday, and investigators described how a botched attempt to put out a mattress fire likely led to the horror.

Eight-month-old Josiah Alexis was placed on a ventilator along with his mom, Justine, 20, Justine’s brother Jonathan, 22, and her brother-in-law, George DeJesus, at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Medical Center in the aftermath of the fire, which sources have said was sparked by someone smoking in bed at the building on President Street in Park Slope.


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One hero firefighter said it was nothing short of a miracle that rescuers reached little Josiah and the other victims as quickly as they did — responding in just 2 minutes and 27 seconds.

“The baby was limp, not breathing, in cardiac arrest,” said Neil Malone of Engine Company 239.

He said he gave the baby the “breath of life” and was doing chest compressions “using my thumbs.”

Josiah began gagging, Malone said, and “it was like a song to your ears when the baby gets a breath on his own.”


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