A Windsor Terrace resident had a little trouble getting to her front door around 3 a.m. Thursday because a man in an FDNY uniform was passed out on her stoop. Naturally, Lauren Hill videotaped the scene with her Blackberry, narrating it with the annoyed commentary: "I can't get into my house because the FDNY, I don't know what he did, is sleeping in front of my door." This brave hero was probably up all night on St. Patrick's Day rescuing babies from burning buildings, and when he finally collapses from exhaustion, all this woman cares about is getting into her house! So she calls the cops on him. Hill tells NY1:
His head was leaning towards the door so the key was right above him so I did attempt to open the door and see if I can get in but that was to no avail. I was really having difficulty opening the door. He really needed to be out of the way I called 911 and I was like "I have to go to the bathroom and someone is blocking my door I can't get in."
Lucky for him she didn't have a Sharpie to draw penises all over his face. NYPD officers were dispatched to the scene of the sleep and roused the man, whose shoes were nowhere to be found. Hill says he eventually got up, but was incoherent, despite his declaration, "I'm good! I'm good." Her neighbors slept through all of this, but after watching the video, building tenant Lawrence Hill remarked, "I guess he thought he was home."
The NYPD won't confirm the incident, and the FDNY points out that the man might not be an active member, because the uniform is worn by retired firefighters and EMS. "I haven't seen the video but it's something I would look at," FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano tells NY1. "It's not something I would expect of a firefighter in uniform. It's not something we stand for. But I haven't seen it yet."
