A National Guard soldier home on leave after completing basic training gave his life to save others from the Bronx apartment-building inferno, which killed 12 people on Dec. 28.
For 28-year-old Emmanuel Mensah, his trip to visit relatives in New York for the holidays was his first time home in a year. Mensah had emigrated from Ghana about five years ago. He finally realized his dream of enlisting in the Army, joining the National Guard in 2016.
