Good Samaritan rescues teen from LI house fire, dog dies [Video]

SAYVILLE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A good Samaritan saved a teenager on Wednesday from a burning house on Long Island, according to Suffolk County police.

Police received a call at around 2 p.m., reporting a person trapped inside a burning home on Astor Drive in Sayville.

Multiple fire departments and the Town of Islip Fire Marshal responded to the call.

When cops arrived, they found that Richard Mosback, 37, of Sayville, alongside another bystander, a contractor, had already rescued the teenager.

Mosback was looking out his window at around 2 p.m. when he noticed smoke from a house nearby.

Mosback quickly got help by banging on a nearby van’s door and told the man inside to call 911. He then fetched a ladder to rescue the teen hanging from a window.

They used a ladder to safely guide the teenager down from a second-floor window because of the intense smoke and flames blocking the front …