For the first time since she was rescued from her burning home in Schenectady five years ago, Safyre Terry was reunited with the ambulance crew who helped save her life.

Sonya Dahnke, a paramedic with Mohawk Ambulance, met Terry inside the old schoolhouse off Route 30 in Florida Thursday.

“I was in the back with you on that tough night. You are just, I think you’re amazing. You’re so great and beautiful and just such an inspiration,” Dahnke said to Terry.

Dahnke is joining Safyre’s family, friends and first responders in a mission dubbed “Operation Bubble Bath.”

“She has not just, from her very grave situation, recovered, but thrived,” said Dahnke.

The now 10-year-old is donating more than 5,000 stuffed animals, once given to her, in the hopes of bringing the comfort to other young fire victims.

Gifts Safyre received from people all over the world were taken from storage in Montgomery County and delivered by trolley and ambulance to the Schenectady Center for Rehabilitation to be washed and dried.

Once clean, the stuffed animals will be given to agencies like Mohawk Ambulance to brighten spirits.

“So the people that get burned, they don’t have any toys, so when people get burned they can have toys that I can give them,” Terry said.

One girl’s desire to give back, building a community of support.

“She is a regular happy girl with a beautiful heart who is helping people and sharing smiles and support, and I think that is wonderful,” said Dahnke.