Heroic Pizza Guy's Selfless Act Of Saving 5 Kids Trapped In A House Fire Caught On Cam
"I accepted I was probably going to die."
Some heroes do not wear capes, and Nicholas Bostic proved it in the middle of a house fire in Lafayette. A pizza delivery driver on an ordinary route, he spotted a two-story home engulfed in flames and rushed toward danger instead of away from it.
Inside were five children, including a one-year-old and an eighteen-year-old, and Bostic had to act fast after realizing he could not call 911. What happened next turned a terrifying fire into a story of survival, injury, and a rescue that people could not stop talking about.
The footage made his split-second decision even more unforgettable. Read on.
Meet Nicholas Bostic—a 25-year-old pizza delivery guy who noticed a burning two-story house in the city of Lafayette.
Nick BosticHe didn't have his phone, so he wasn't able to call 911—so he took the matter into his own hands and checked if there was anybody inside the burning house. He discovered that there were actually five children inside: a one-year-old as the youngest and an eighteen-year-old as the eldest.
He tried to yell, and luckily, the eldest heard him and woke up two of his younger siblings as well as their one-year-old sister. The delivery guy led them outside safely.
“For a minute, I didn’t understand it, but my sister ran upstairs with the baby in her hands and yelled at us to get up because there’s a fire,” 13-year-old Shaylee Barrett said to the Purdue Exponent. “And for a minute, I froze and laid there because I was confused. That’s when we went downstairs, and Nick was downstairs helping us.”
lafayetteinpdWith Nicholas's help, the eldest got most of her siblings out. However, there was still one of them missing: their six-year-old sister.
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That is when the rescue turned even more urgent.
Nicholas went in to search for the girl, whom he fortunately found. However, he had a bit of trouble finding his way back—so he broke a window and jumped with the girl in his arms.
“I don’t know how to explain it, but it was like I accepted I was probably going to die right there that night,” he told journalist Dave Bangert. “But it was a weird calm. You just got to work as fast as you can.”
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Nicholas landed on his right side and injured his backside, arm, and ankle in the process, but the girl “was miraculously mostly uninjured,” according to the police.
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He was already bleeding when he approached the responders and was asking for oxygen. The children he saved barely had any injuries, and the police declared him a hero.
“Everyone says hero this or hero that,” Nick said. “I don’t know about that. I was just a guy. Like I keep saying, it’s not like I’m some superstar hero. I was at the right place, at the right time, and I guess, the right person.”
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The aftermath was just as intense as the rescue itself.
When Nicholas saw footage of what happened, he couldn't believe how daring the whole thing was.
“It’s unreal,” he said. “Sitting here telling you about it, it’s just unreal to me. It’s God, man. That’s all I can think of.”
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It is believed that the fire was caused by ashes emptied into a bucket on their porch before they were fully extinguished.
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The city is set to honor his heroic act at their 2022 Lafayette Aviators game. Many donors have also helped him with medical expenses—more than $33,000 from a Facebook fundraiser alone, and another $142,000 from GoFundMe.
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“It’s not like I’m some superstar hero,” Nick says.
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Here's the full video of his selfless act:
People had plenty to say after seeing what he did.
Here's what people have to say:
He deserves more than just going back to being a delivery guy!
We wish him the best.
He deserves everything good in life—no question about that.
He'll rock it, for sure.
We're betting they will!
That would be cool, right?
A different St. Nick!
We hope more and more people like Nicholas get everything they deserve in this life.
And he managed to save them unscathed!
It's indeed refreshing to hear this kind of story!
Fire is something that we should never downplay because it can cause the biggest damage in just a matter of seconds, and it's not only the flames that you should be wary of but the fumes, too. Remember, when you notice a fire, GET OUT, STAY OUT, and CALL 9-1-1!
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He turned a routine delivery into a life-saving rescue.
Before you judge, read why OP wanted to ban their brother from pizza night for selling secret sauce.
