An FDNY firefighter who risked it all to rappel down the side of a burning Harlem building and save a man trying to escape the flames will be honored with the department’s most prestigious award, officials said Tuesday.

During the FDNY’s Medal Day celebration Wednesday at City Hall, Firefighter Michael Kotzo will be given the Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Medal for being “instrumental in two of the three life-saving rope rescues” at the dramatic Feb. 23, 2024, fire at St. Nicholas Place and “acting in the highest traditions of the Fire Department of the City of New York,” FDNY officials said.

Several other firefighters who combated the flames and conducted rope rescues during the same fire will also receive Medal Day awards, department officials said.

Kotzo, 49, didn’t think twic

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