Pizza Delivery Driver Runs Into Burning Home To Save Five Children

By Zainab Pervez in Feel Good On 18th July 2022
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An Indiana pizza delivery guy was hailed a hero after running into a burning house to rescue two children and three teenagers from fire. Nicholas Bostic, 25, was driving past the home in Lafayette when he spotted the blaze and dashed inside to get an 18-year-old and four youngsters to safety.

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Mr Bostic says he did not have his phone with him and could not call 911 so he ran to the backdoor and headed upstairs before getting some of the youngsters out.

When they told him that the six-year-old was still inside, he headed back into the blaze and despite thick smoke found her. He then punched out a window so they could escape to safety.

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In bodycam footage shared by LPD, Bostic can be seen carrying the child from around the side of the burning house and handing them over to first responders before medics tend to him on a nearby lawn.

"Is the baby OK? Please tell me that baby's OK," he can be heard pleading, as officials assure him the baby was unharmed. "You did good, dude," one medic tells him.

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Bostic suffered severe smoke inhalation and a cut on his arm after jumping out the second-story window of the burning house with a 6-year-old during Monday's rescue, according to a release from LPD.

The child was "miraculously mostly uninjured."  He was lifted to a hospital in Indianapolis, where he was treated until being released Wednesday. 

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"And we're going home!!" Bostic's girlfriend Kara Lewis captioned a Facebook photo of him smiling in his hospital gown.

"Nicholas Bostic's heroic actions saved lives. His selflessness during this incident is inspiring, and he has impressed many with his courage, tenacity and steadfast calmness in the face of such perilous danger.

The Lafayette Police Department and the Honorable Mayor Tony Roswarski are eternally grateful for Nicholas' intervention and would like to publicly recognize him for his actions," LPD shared in a statement.

Speaking to ABC7 Chicago, Bostic opened up about his heroic actions, and even revealed the kids’ dad had offered to buy him dinner. 

“The dad said he’d love to take me out for dinner. They have wide-open arms welcoming me as a part of their family,” Bostic shared. 

“I’m glad I was there at the right time, the right place. If [the] opportunity came again and I had to do it, I would do it.

“I knew what I was risking. I knew the next second it could be my life. But every second counted.”

Bostic will be honored on Aug. 2 at the Lafayette Aviators' National Night Out.