New Jersey mayor rescues woman from burning building
When Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker arrived home the night of April 12, he temporarily assumed another civil servant's role — fire rescue worker. Discovering his next-door neighbor's house on fire, Booker helped rescue a young woman who was trapped upstairs, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
When Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker arrived home the night of April 12, he temporarily assumed another civil servant’s role — fire rescue worker. Discovering his next-door neighbor’s house on fire, Booker helped rescue a young woman who was trapped upstairs, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
“I just grabbed her and whipped her out of the bed,” Booker told the newspaper. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. He told the Star-Ledger he also suffered second-degree burns on his hand.
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