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25-year-old Nicholas Bostic was working as a pizza delivery man in Indiana went he witnessed a home engulfed in flames with people inside. It was located in his hometown just after midnight.
Bostic sprung into action and ran into the burning house twice to save five people. “I shouted, ‘Anybody here? Get out! Get out! Fire!’” Bostic said in an interview.
He jumped out of a second-story window to save a child. As a result, Bostic suffered smoke inhalation and other injuries.
Bostic’s cousin, Richard Stair, created a GoFundMe page and wrote, “This kid is the real deal. Sadly, he has some serious injuries and will need help during his recovery.”
People from all over the world have donated nearly half a million dollars to help fund his recovery.
More on this story via Daily Wire:
Bostic was on his way to fill up his gas tank just after midnight on July 11 when he saw flames shooting from a two-story house in his hometown. He pulled into the driveway, intending to call 911, only to realize he’d left his phone at home. According to the Washington Post, he ran to the back of the house, found an unlocked door, and raced inside…
No one responded, but as he prepared to leave, he spied a teenager with some children at the top of the stairs. It was Seionna Barrett, 18, who was babysitting her three siblings and her sister’s friend while their parents were out on a date.
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Bostic shepherded them outside, but then Seionna told him “Baby K,” the family’s nickname for six-year-old Kaylani, was still inside. He went back into the burning home and searched, despite acrid smoke and searing heat.
“I ran inside and looked under beds and closets, but I couldn’t find her,” he told the Washington Post. “But when I got to the stairs that led downstairs, I heard some faint crying.”
Bostic felt through the darkness, following the cries until he found Kaylani and scooped her up. But they were trapped by the flames.
“It was extremely hot and smoky, and it was painful to breathe,” he said. “The only light I could see was coming from the rooms upstairs. So I headed up there.”
He broke open a window with his right fist, tightly wrapped the girl around his left side, and leaped two stories to the ground, landing on his right side, sparing the girl from the force of his fall, he said.
