That’s some tip.
Nicholas Bostic, 25, the hero pizza delivery man who rescued 5 children from a burning house in Lafayette, IN, suffering cuts and severe lung damage in the process, has received an outpouring of support —and cash —for his heroic act.
More than $250,000 has been raised for Bostic through GoFundMe.
“This kid is the real deal,” Bostic’s cousin, Richard Stair, who set up the page, wrote. “Sadly, he has some serious injuries and will need help during his recovery.”
Watch the video of the heroic rescue below:
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— LafayetteINPolice (@LafayetteINPD) July 15, 2022
According to The 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.”
That’s when he ran into the house.
“I shouted, ‘Anybody here? Get out! Get out! Fire!’” Bostic said, recounting the story later at the hospital.
Bostic was preparing to leave when he noticed there were children inside the house.
From The Daily Wire:
It was Seionna Barrett, 18, who was babysitting her three siblings and her sister’s friend while their parents were out on a date.
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.
“His selflessness during this incident is inspiring,” Lt. Randy Sherer of the Lafayette Police Department told the Post. “He went down those stairs to save that little girl when he thought it was impossible just moments before. He knew he was risking his life. There’s only one way to define that: courageous and heroic.”
Continue reading over at The Daily Wire:
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— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 19, 2022
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