| NYC fire Samaritan proposes on live TV

NYC-fire-Samaritan-proposes-on-live-TV NEW YORK - A Good Samaritan, shown on video dramatically rescuing a child from a Bronx fire, has moved on to another great moment: proposing marriage on live television.

Horia Cretan got down on one knee Thursday on ABCs Good Morning America. The woman, identified only as Desiree, said yes. Cretan slipped a ring on her finger.

Moments earlier, Cretan recalled being in his store Wednesday and hearing desperate screams.

He rushed outside, saw waves of smoke billowing from a fourth-floor window and used a ladder to get to the fire escape.

A firefighter handed him a limp, unconscious 4-year-old. Using a curtain as a shield from falling debris, Cretan carried the boy to safety.

The child is expected to survive.

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