Mark Collum, a commercial fisherman in Rowley, Massachusetts, sprang to action Sunday when he heard the call for help.
“I just grabbed her and just took her out. I had a little smoke in my lungs, same with her, so we just kind of took her outside and things worked out well. Thank God.”
Authorities are still unclear as to what caused the fire.
CNN was unable to reach Collum on Monday.
Collum told WCVB that fire still resonates in him after he lost his wife, Lisa, and his two young girls, ages 3 and 5 months.
In 2001, they were trapped on the third floor of their Ipswich apartment house during a fast-moving blaze, according to an article from the Boston Herald. Lisa dropped the infant out the window in an attempt to save her, but the baby died at the hospital, the Herald said. The Ipswich fire chief said at the time that firefighters did not see a fire escape.
Mark Collum was not home at the time of that fire, WCVB reported.
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