In 1998, this officer saved her life in a devastating fire. In 2016, he watched her graduate from college.

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TooShiftyForYou on December 19th, 2017 at 04:37 UTC »

“I'm told that if he would have just waited a few more seconds for the ambulance to come in, I could have died,” Ms Aponte said.

“I am honored and humbled to be depicted here on TBT,” Mr Getz wrote in a comment on that was posted last year. “I take my hat off to the brave and heroic members of the Hartford Fire Department, that entered the active fire, located Josie and brought her out. Thank You.”

“I'm one cog in that wheel, from the dispatchers, to the firefighters who risked their lives to go in and bring her out,” Mr Getz said. “We all did what we were trained to do that day; it's not just about me. That's how this process is supposed to work, that's why we wear the uniforms we wear.”

Hero cop still remains completely humble about the whole thing 18 years later.

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Randym1221 on December 19th, 2017 at 05:04 UTC »

This made me smile.

Lizurd_Dikk on December 19th, 2017 at 07:38 UTC »

At first glance I thought he was taking a mirror selfie in the first pic the way he has his hand up.