Fritz Sam, 54, said he was taking a passenger to LaGuardia Airport last Wednesday morning when he came across a four-story apartment building that was on fire.
Sam said he noticed flames coming out of a second-floor window but did not see any first responders at the scene yet, so he sprung into action.
“I asked my passenger, ‘Can I pull over? Maybe we can help’,” he told TODAY. “So we got out of the car and …