Newark mayor feared for life in blaze rescue
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April 14, 2012, Saturday
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THE high-profile mayor of New Jersey's largest city said yesterday he feared for his life as he helped rescue a neighbor from a fire before firefighters arrived.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, speaking on "CBS This Morning," described how he returned home on Thursday night and saw his neighbor's home engulfed in flames. A woman was screaming that her daughter was still inside.
The mayor's security detail tried to drag him away, but Booker told them that the woman was going to die, Detective Alex Rodriguez told CBS.
"Without thinking twice, he ran into the flames and rescued this young lady," Rodriguez said.
Booker said he feared for his life as the kitchen erupted in flames and he couldn't find the woman. She called out, he said, and he grabbed her from a bed and threw her over his shoulder.
"I punched through the kitchen and the flames and that's when I saw Detective Rodriguez," said Booker.
"He grabbed her as well and we got her down the stairs and we both just collapsed outside," the mayor added. Booker described it as a "come to Jesus moment."
He was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation and second-degree burns.
The woman he helped save is in a stable condition.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, speaking on "CBS This Morning," described how he returned home on Thursday night and saw his neighbor's home engulfed in flames. A woman was screaming that her daughter was still inside.
The mayor's security detail tried to drag him away, but Booker told them that the woman was going to die, Detective Alex Rodriguez told CBS.
"Without thinking twice, he ran into the flames and rescued this young lady," Rodriguez said.
Booker said he feared for his life as the kitchen erupted in flames and he couldn't find the woman. She called out, he said, and he grabbed her from a bed and threw her over his shoulder.
"I punched through the kitchen and the flames and that's when I saw Detective Rodriguez," said Booker.
"He grabbed her as well and we got her down the stairs and we both just collapsed outside," the mayor added. Booker described it as a "come to Jesus moment."
He was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation and second-degree burns.
The woman he helped save is in a stable condition.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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