‘Heroic’ Indiana Man, 25, Runs Into Burning Home to Save 5 Children Trapped Inside
“Nicholas Bostic’s heroic actions saved lives,” police praised of the 25-year-old man who was injured after running into a burning house to save five kids, ages 1 to 18
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An Indiana man was injured this week after saving five children from a burning home.
Nicholas Bostic, a 25-year-old pizza delivery driver from Lafayette, 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 recounted to authorities running into the house through the backdoor after driving by and noticing the flames at around midnight. His yells woke the four children, ages 1 to 18, sleeping upstairs, before he helped them outside.
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The kids alerted Bostic that a 6-year-old might still be inside and he ran back in “without hesitation,” returning to the bedroom upstairs, according to the release. When he couldn’t find anyone, he began to search for an exit before hearing crying coming from downstairs.
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Bostic wrapped his shirt around his mouth and nose as he braved a “black lagoon” of smoke in the stairwell to retrieve the child. As he couldn’t find the door he used through the thick smoke, they returned upstairs where Bostic punched a window out before jumping to the ground while making sure the child landed safely, the LPD states.
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 was lifted to a hospital in Indianapolis, where he was treated until being released Wednesday. “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.
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Bostic will be honored on Aug. 2 at the Lafayette Aviators’ National Night Out. Supporters can use code FUND2022 for $2 off and to donate $4 to Bostic’s GoFundMe campaign, or they can contribute to his Facebook fundraiser to help cover the cost of his medical bills.
Man swears at ex and calls her a ‘crack-head’ outside primary school
Young children were watching while Paul Adams ranted at his ex-partner
Tom Mack Senior Reporter
06:00, 06 Mar 2019
Brownlow Primary School in Melton(Image: Google)
Young children looked on as a man swore at his ex-girlfriend and called her a “crack-head” in a row outside a primary school.
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Paul Adams confronted the woman outside Brownlow Primary School in Limes Avenue, Melton , and swore at her as other parents picking up pupils were there with their younger children.
As he shouted abuse one of his ex-partner’s friends filmed the encounter on her phone.
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Adams (29) of Discovery Drive, Melton, was later charged with a public order offence and pleaded guilty at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
The court heard it was at about 3pm on September 11 last year when Adams approached the woman, who he has two children with.
The magistrates were shown the footage in which Adams swears and calls the woman a “stone-head” and a “crack-head” during a minute-long clip.
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In her victim personal statement, which was read out in court, the woman explained she had had similar problems with Adams in the past, and that he had recently found out her new address.
She said: “There seems to never not be an issue and it’s always a maximum drama.
“I’ve never pressed charges before but when the incident occurred I had only just moved into my new property and it made me feel I didn’t want to live there any more.
“I’m forever worrying about what Paul will do next. It plays on my mind when I’m at home alone.”components.molecules.ReadMore: Woman fears for life as violent boyfriend asks: “Do you want to die?”
Sajid Munir, representing Adams, told the court the recording the victim’s friend had made on her phone had been “tactically” timed to capture a stage in the confrontation that showed Adams in the worst possible light.
He said: “The defendant says the recording is done at a point where she has calmed down and he is riled up.
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“It’s done very tactically to make him look bad.
“As a result of their break-up he had been rendered homeless and it took a toll on his mental health..
“But he’s built his life back up again and in December secured a tenancy.
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“All he wants is some kind of practical way forward to have contact with their children.”
Mr Munir said his client had pleaded guilty at an early stage and that there had been no other allegations since September.components.molecules.ReadMore: DJ explains why he was found with lipstick stun gun at East Midlands Airport
The magistrates fined Adams and gave him a 12-month restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim.
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The chair of the bench, Elizabeth Mitchell, told him: “We are concerned with what we saw on the screen. Other people’s children were present.
“We have to make sure members of the public and children are protected.”
Adams was fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.”
