Residents Of Upper West Side High-Rise Step Up To Help Doorman Who Lost Everything In Apartment Fire

CBS New York

June 18, 2021

A beloved doorman on the Upper West Side who is known for helping others is getting some kindness in return.

An early morning fire in Concourse Village, the Bronx, gutted Kwame Kissi’s apartment.

“I was sleeping and somebody was outside my door and said, ‘Hey, wake up, the building is burning,'” he told CBS2’s Dave Carlin. “And I go to my living room and saw the fire is on my terrace … and I tell everybody, all my family, hey, let’s get out of here.”

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