Former pizza delivery man Nick Bostic, whose daring rescue of four children from a house fire was captured on heart-pounding body camera footage, was criticized for reposting Donald Trump Jr. He told FOX News Digital that he was at home with his girlfriend when he found out. This week's video is from over two years ago.
The president-elect's son said Bostic should have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom rather than Hillary Clinton or George Soros, who President Biden bestowed with the highest civilian honor on Sunday. insisted.
“This man deserves the President's Medal of Freedom…not Soros or some other clown who got the Medal of Freedom from Biden this week,” Trump Jr. wrote on X, July 11, 2022, in Rafa, Indiana. He shared a video showing a residence in Yet. It was completely engulfed in flames. Elon Musk responded to the repost with just one word: “That's right.”
When firefighters arrived at the scene, Bostic had already entered the home and guided an 18-year-old woman with an infant and two 13-year-old girls to safety. He went back inside to rescue the stranded six-year-old girl, making his way through thick smoke and intense heat until he found her in another bedroom and scooped her up.
Bostic told Fox News Digital that he flew headfirst through a second-story window and spun around to land on his back, trying to cushion the girl from landing on her stomach.
The video shows Bostic running toward firefighters with the girl in his arms. He handed her over and immediately collapsed on the pavement.
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First responders told him he needed to move further away from the house, so he immediately sprawled out on a nearby lawn. As doctors treated her, Bostic asked, “Is the baby okay? Please tell me the baby is okay.”
A police officer can be heard reassuring him, “Yeah, yeah. Good job, dude!”
“Even though it was hard to breathe, I felt so relaxed and, you know, I knew the girl was going to be okay.…The officer told me she was 100% okay. “After that, I pretty much accepted everything, 'I was just there for whatever was going to happen to me,'” Bostic told Fox News Digital, recalling the moment. “Look, if I wasn't going to succeed, that's fine. But if I wasn't going to succeed, I was going to die happy, right?”
In an interview with Fox News Digital on Monday, Bostic responded to the new attention from President-elect Trump's eldest son and Elon Musk.
“I was at home when I got a message from someone and this Donald J. Trump Jr. was retweeting my video and I thought it was the craziest thing ever.” Bostic said. “Me and my girlfriend looked it up and we both saw the post and she posted a comment… Someone else contacted me about it and said Elon commented on it. So she went. She was like, 'What?' 'We both were. ”
July 11, 2022: House fire in Lafayette, Indiana. (Lafayette Police Department)
“So she's the first to find out,'' he commented, “Yeah, right.'' So all a gentleman like that has to say from him is what he's been up to these days, and It would probably be a million words to describe what he does for the planet. ” Bostic added. . “Just to get a yes from him. It's just amazing. And to get that recognition from that guy, that guy. You know what I mean? President Trump's son. That's crazy. It's mind-boggling. It's mind-boggling.”
Bostic described himself as an “avid Trump supporter” and said he was optimistic about the new administration. “Am I Team Trump? Forever, baby. I'm Team Trump,” he said.
“He's really used to having a lot of zeros in his bank account. And right now, with the economy and the situation, we need someone to be a leader. And in numbers like that That's a good thing, you know, and we can't afford to make mistakes and give people a chance who are still learning,'' Bostic said. “We're like Defcon 4, you know what I mean? It's like we're in the red right now.”
“Everyone deserves a chance to live a good life,” Bostic added.
On the night of the fire, Bostick told Fox News Digital that he had been in a “stupid fight” with his girlfriend. Bostic said he was off duty but still wearing his pizza delivery shirt when he decided to go for a drive to clear his head. On his way back, he discovered a fire. He attributed the fact that he was there to help him to divine intervention.
Nick Bostic handed over the 6-year-old girl he had rescued from a house fire to paramedics before she fell to the ground. (Lafayette Police Department)
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“I'm a firm believer in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I feel like God put me in the right place at the right time,” Bostic said. “My whole life I didn't understand what my purpose was. I didn't fit in anywhere.”
“I tried to end my life a few times. I ended up laughing about it the third time and saying, 'Okay, God, you win. My time is up.'” Stick told FOX News Digital. About his time after graduating from high school. “So I stopped hurting my body, and from that point on, it kind of started moving. It was like God told me I had a bigger, bigger purpose. I think that's what he said.”
Bostic realized he had left his cell phone at home that night, and after trying to alert a passing car that hadn't stopped, he went around to the back of the house where the fire was burning and found an unlocked door. He said the intrusion occurred from Fearing that he would be shot dead if mistaken for an intruder, he repeatedly shouted that the house was on fire. He soon found an 18-year-old boy, a teenage girl, and a baby.
When Bostic turned around to rescue the 6-year-old girl, he encountered “this incredibly black, gray, dirty wall of smoke” and saw how the fire had already torn through the master bedroom and hallway. I remembered.
“It's like putting your foot in the oven. So I take a step back, and at that point I'm scared, you know? And then I hear screaming, screaming, screaming,” Bostic said. said. “I just went in there without thinking. It was like mentally throwing myself in front of a train. I doubled up my shirt and put it over my mouth for a filter. And I closed my eyes.'' And I followed her sound and lifted her into my arms. ”
Bostic said he spent several days in the hospital and lost his job as a pizza delivery boy because he couldn't take time off work as a result.
Doctors work to rescue Nick Bostic from a house fire in Lafayette, Indiana, to rescue a 6-year-old girl. (Lafayette Police Department)
Since then, the now 27-year-old said he has worked as a security guard and mechanic. He also owns a seasonal lawn care business that he wants to make successful for his almost 2-year-old son.
Bostic said the fire department handed her an application directly after a daring fire rescue mission in 2022, but she was hesitant to participate, in part because she wanted to spend time with her young son. Ta.
Bostic congratulated Biden on his controversial selection as recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“I don't have a perfect background, you know?” Bostic said. “It's not necessarily about what you did in the past. What matters is what you do in the future and how you structure your life…That's what it is…I'm proud of them.” I feel happy for them and that's pretty much it. ”
He argued that 9/11 first responders, law enforcement and even members of the military deserve more praise.
“I'm just a regular citizen,” Bostic said. “It's not my place to judge things like that about myself. You know, if people feel I deserve it, I would be very honored to take it.” I…I’m speechless.”
With the resurgence of online attention, Bostick tried to raise a small amount of money for St. Jude Children's Hospital on Instagram Live, and said she hopes to continue making donations.
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Bostick said a PVC pipe stuck in one of his eyes as a child while playing with a friend, and St. Jude reconstructed that eye, which he kept in place but could not see out of. Ta.
“I feel like I've been blessed a million times,” Bostic said. “I think it’s time to start giving back.”
