The man who survived the horrific Connecticut fire that took the lives of his companion’s three little girls and her parents vowed yesterday — in his first interview since the Christmas tragedy — “We’re all going to be OK.’’
Michael Borcino, recovering from burns and smoke inhalation, spoke to The Post by phone from his hospital bed in Stamford, where he was taken by firefighters who found him frantically trying to fight his way back into the inferno in a desperate bid to rescue the five people still inside.
The only other person to escape alive was his girlfriend, fashion-ad exec Madonna Badger, who was plucked off the roof of the blazing Victorian waterfront mansion by firefighters.
Borcino, his voice weak and his conversation interrupted by coughs, said he and Badger “need and have the love and support of our friends.”
“They are surrounding us and taking care of us,” he said. “I’m going to be OK.’’
He said he’s been able to speak to Badger, who has been released from the hospital and is believed to be staying with friends.
And he’s convinced that his friend, who could only watch helplessly as her loved ones died horribly, will also come through the disaster.
“She’s going to be OK,’’ he said. “We’re all going to be OK.
“We’re taking care of ourselves physically and spiritually.’’
The devastated construction executive, who was working on renovating the more-than-century-old house, was a guest of Badger, who is estranged from her husband.
Borcino said he couldn’t recall exactly what happened after the blaze broke out.
Meanwhile, Badger’s brother, Wade Johnson, used Facebook to thank all of those who have expressed sympathy.