Newark Mayor Cory Booker Describes Rescuing Neighbors From Fire: ‘Angels’
- Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:10am by
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NEWARK, N.J. (The Blaze/AP) — The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city expects to have more to say Friday about how he helped rescue neighbors from a fire.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was treated and released from a hospital after suffering from smoke inhalation and second-degree burns.
Booker had a bandage around the thumb and first finger of his right hand. He hugged the sister of the woman who he saved and told News 12 New Jersey early Friday that he thanked God everyone was OK.
During an interview with WNYW-TV, he said “angels got me to her” while describing the rescue:
Booker saves woman ‘angels got me to her’: MyFoxNY.com
Booker arrived home Thursday night to find the house next door on fire. The mayor and two of his security detail entered the home to help residents escape, his spokeswoman Anne Torres said.
The woman Booker helped save was in stable condition at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with burns to her back and neck.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker. (AP)
Speaking on “CBS This Morning” Friday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker described how he ran through flames to help get the woman out.
Booker says he grabbed her out of her bed and threw her over his shoulder and ran, but then feared they wouldn’t get out of the kitchen. Booker says he “punched through the flames.”
Booker says it was “a very scary thing” to look back and see nothing but flames and look ahead and see blackness.
Booker, a prolific social media user, tweeted late Thursday that he was fine and thanked his followers for their well-wishes.
“Thanks 2 all who are concerned. Just suffering smoke inhalation,” Booker tweeted. “We got the woman out of the house. We are both off to hospital. I will b ok.”
He then posted a tweet early Friday morning that read: “Thanks everyone, my injuries were relatively minor. Thanks to Det. Alex Rodriguez who helped get all of the people out of the house.”
Newark Fire Director Fateen Ziyad told The Star-Ledger of Newark that Booker had recounted to him how he heard a woman yelling “I’m back here,” from a back bedroom when the mayor rushed into the building but was held back by his security detail. The mayor yelled at his security guards to release him, saying: “She is going to die, she is going to die,” Ziyad told the newspaper, adding the mayor crossed through smoke and flames to grab the woman and carry her in his arms out of the building.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Booker is known for coming to the aid of his constituents, even helping them shovel snow during a blizzard that crippled the city and Northeast in 2010.
The mayor has scheduled a news conference at his home at 10 a.m. Friday.
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snufy
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:16pmI‘m very impressed by this man’s character. I hope his constituents take note of his good character and follow his lead. He’s a fine role model for everyone. My job occasionally takes me to Newark, and I would be honored to meet him and shake his hand.
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:17pmGood Man !!! The mayor has my admiration, solid decent human being .
Report Post »toto
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:41pmGreat example of the best of humanity. We all need more of this. Sounds like a stellar example to all of us.
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:47pmThis guy is one to watch on the national stage. Booker walks his talk, and I hope he continues to do that.
Report Post »herdzcatz
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:30pmWow! He is a Dem I could vote for! Newark is blessed to have him as their mayor. His neighbor is blessed and alive because of him! Amazing!
Report Post »rickinnyc
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:27pmI‘m a conservative who literally had the priviledge to BOO Newark’s last mayor Crook Sharpe James on a debate stage many years ago; but this guy is amazing last blizzard residents could tweet him & he’d shovel out seniors, deliver diapers to snowed in moms; an illegal monster that killed Newark college kids turned himself into the Mayor, he brought down crime & now this. No doubt he’ll someday be VP or maybe even Prez.
Report Post »ALLEGIANCE
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:17pmI see nothing but good comments, I wonder why. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s because none of the fake conservatives have posted yet.
Great job Mr Booker. I met him in 2009, at an Opera at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with my conductor friend Jacques Lacombe. He was extremely regal and gentleman like. Very gentle and soft spoken. I could tell he was a Christian right away. And he smelled divine. :-)
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 2:33pmOUTstanding role model, Mr Mayor!
I thank the Lord that you survived to tell that tale as did the folks you and your detail helped rescue. You have displayed what all Americans should aspire toward – bravery in the face of death.
Report Post »Obamalarky
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 1:15pmSounds like a neighbor I would like to have. Great Job Sir and thank you for being a real leader in your community. A lot of so called leaders whether D, R, or otherwise could learn a lot from how this man lives his life and treats those around him.
Report Post »kitchenjoe
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 12:25pmI have seen good things about Mayor Booker for years now. I think this is ‘par for he course’, as far as he is concerned. I mean that as a compliment, by the way. I am glad to read that he is still in Newark, NJ and is still serving in a good and Godly manner. May God Bless him for his self-giving heart.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 2:33pmHe should join us in the TEA Party .. sounds like he would fit right in .. we take any good people no matter what “party” they belong to.
OMG 2012!
Report Post »Valuable
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:53amHe is one of the good guys!!! Very brave!! I just googled him and read all about him and he is really something!! He moved into crime ridden places to make a real difference- and he did!! He has done many, many things making Newark better. In addition to all of that he is single and a Christian and in my age range!!! :) I think, if given the opportunity, I could bring him fully over to “my side” aka Conservative. Kind of a la JC Watts. It seems from what I’ve read he is already fairly conservative (small c.) Of course, more importantly, I would have to make sure that he is a authentic Christian.
Report Post »Cory- call me!!!!
jakartaman
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:17amA hero – period!
Report Post »and a big Thanks
tak123123
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:11ama good man
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:46amChristie has always spoken highly about this man, and now i see why. this example and what thereasonablelib said shows he is a man of character and compassion. good job Mr. Booker
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:44amWow. Maybe there is hope for mankind yet.
Report Post »wildchild
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:43amWhy can’t everyone have this mentality? He saw a person in need and helped out. He is just as much a hero as any fireman/police officer/ and maybe even military serviceman. Sure he wasn’t dodging bullets to get this lady to safety but running into a burning building while knowing it could collapse on you takes definite courage. Praise to you Mr. Booker. You have changed the lives of many people by getting that woman out.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:39amWhere are the ATHEISTS? Santorum, Bachmann or any conservative who even MENTIONS God or religion is attacked and HUMILIATED. I‘m glad it’s ok to mention Jesus and Angels again! AMEN and GREAT job saving a life. It was in God’s plan for you. :)
Report Post »libertarian_atheist
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:46amRight here. I hope everyone takes a lesson from this man – he’s a hero beyond a doubt.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:12amIsn’t that special.
Report Post »mccracken
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:01amfap fap fap
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:59amGood on ya, Mr Booker!
Report Post »cjherin
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:40amBelieve it or not, Cory Booker follows me on Twitter, even though I state in my Twitter bio that I live in California, am a conservative and a Glenn Beck fan. In my opinion, he’s a good man.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:39amNeighbor helping neighbor .. isn’t that what it is all about? … thank God for this good man. Glad that it turned out so well .. prayers to the woman injured … again .. thank you Mayor Booker (I just saw a show about his family history last month .. he seemed like a very nice man .. this shows that what I thought was true .. by his actions and not just words).
Report Post »TheReasonableLib
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:45amHe’s actually known for helping his constituents. A citizen asked him for help for her grandfather shoveling his walk because she was unable to do so due to work so he asked for the man’s address and did it himself.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:30amGood man, don’t care what the initial behind his name is, he is a class act with a heart. Would like to know more about him.
Report Post »TheReasonableLib
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 9:41amHe was offered a position in the Obama admin but turned it down because he already made a commitment to Newark. The first thing he did upon being elected was take a pay cut. Has received transparency awards multiple years for his budget process. Crime is down by record numbers since him taking office and Newark had its first homicide free month in decades. This has been attributed to his work-release programs which help minor felons find jobs. You give a man a paycheck then he has no reason to steal. He’s also doubled the amount of affordable housing under development. All of this while slashing the city’s budget deficit from 180 million to 73 million. My dream would be for him to run for president, but as with most good civil servants they won’t take higher positions.
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