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Army National Guard leadership honored a New York soldier with the Army\u2019s highest award for bravery<\/a> outside of a combat zone, after he died saving four people from a massive apartment fire<\/a> that killed 13 others in the Bronx late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Dec. 28, Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah<\/a> was credited with saving four lives over the course of three runs through a burning building, before perishing on his fourth attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a Friday ceremony at Fordham University for Mensah\u2019s family, he was posthumously honored<\/a> with two medals for valor: one from the Army, and another from the state of New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This undated photo provided by the United States Army National Guard shows Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah. Mensah, 28, raced repeatedly into a burning New York City apartment building on Dec. 28, 2017, saving four people before he died in flames that also claimed a dozen other lives. (United States Army National Guard via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, director of the Army National Guard, presented the Army’s Soldier’s Medal to Kwabena Mensah, the soldier\u2019s father, according to an Army press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Difficult though it may be, please think of this ceremony as an opportunity not to mourn, but to celebrate Private First Class Mensah, an unselfish soldier of incredible bravery, who sacrificed his own life to save several others, and while attempting to save more,” Kadavy said during the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf any of us could change the circumstances that bring us together this morning, we certainly would do so,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mensah\u2019s family said his lifelong dream was to join the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He fulfilled his dream, what he wanted to do,” his father said. “He was proud of being [in] the American military. He was so proud of that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper approved the award to recognize Mensah\u2019s sacrifice on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard R. White, New York State’s deputy secretary for public safety, presents Kwabena O. Mensah, father of Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, with the New York State Medal for Valor, the state’s highest military award, during a ceremony at Keating Hall, Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2018. New York City fire officials credit Mensah with saving four lives during an apartment building fire Dec. 28, 2017, rescuing people three times before he returned to the building and did not come out. Pfc. Mensah completed Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, Va., in early Dec. 2017, and intended to serve as a wheeled vehicle mechanic and begin drilling with the New York Army National Guard’s 107th Military Police Company in Jan. 2018 prior to his death. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fire department investigators say the blaze was started by a child playing with a gas stove. The fire spread quickly after the child’s family escaped because they failed to close the apartment door behind them, according to fire department investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter quickly escaping the fire, Private First Class Mensah could have remained safely outside,\u201d Kadavy said. \u201cBut, knowing that residents were still inside, it was not in his nature to stand by without doing whatever he could to help them escape the deadly inferno that was raging through their homes.\u201d
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Firefighters who discovered Mensah\u2019s remains believed he was still seeking to rescue people when he succumbed to the flames, according to statements provided to New York Army National Guard officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Today is about the recognition of a family’s sacrifice and the military recognizing their own,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Lugo of the 104th Military Police Battalion, the higher headquarters of Mensah’s intended unit. “This is the highest non-combat award given by the U.S. Army for going above and beyond the call of duty to save another person’s life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York State Medal for Valor was also presented to the Mensah family by Richard White, New York State\u2019s deputy secretary for public safety, on behalf of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard R. White, New York State Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, presents Kwabena O. Mensah, father of Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, with the New York State Medal for Valor, the state’s highest military award, during a ceremony at Keating Hall, Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2018. New York City fire officials credit Mensah with saving four lives during an apartment building fire Dec. 28, 2017, rescuing people three times before he returned to the building and did not come out. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Davis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mensah\u2019s family immigrated to the United States from Ghana as permanent legal residents. Emmanuel Mensah became a naturalized citizen on Sept. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe came to exemplify what is best about his adopted country and Ghana, his country of origin,\u201d White said. \u201cWhat that means is that when others would run from the inferno, our Pfc. Mensah ran into the blaze.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mensah enlisted in the New York Army National Guard in December 2016 and had recently completed training to serve as a wheeled vehicle mechanic. He was slated to begin drilling with the New York Army National Guard’s 107th Military Police Company at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mensah was buried with full military honors Saturday at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s given we, the family members, some peace and some joy and hope that even though we have lost him physically, his memory still lives on,\u201d Gloria Addo Nuamah, his sister, said. \u201cPeople will remember him for this bravery and that\u2019s what this ceremony stands for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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