Local superhero Cory Booker
Next time you find yourself trapped in a burning building, you know what you'll be praying for? Not a fire extinguisher. Not an asbestos suit from 1972 the EPA forgot to confiscate. Hell, you might even forget about the fire department for a moment. Why? Because you'll be fervently hoping for Cory Booker
to come save you:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital Thursday night for treatment of smoke inhalation he suffered trying to rescue his next-door neighbors from their burning house.
"I just grabbed her and whipped her out of the bed," Booker said in recounting the fire. Booker told The Star-Ledger he also suffered second-degree burns on his hand.
The fire started in a two-story building on Hawthorne Avenue in the Upper Clinton Hill neighborhood, shortly before the mayor arrived home after a television interview with News 12 New Jersey.
Five people were taken to the hospital for treatment: the mayor, a woman from the house and three members of his security detail. The woman was listed in stable condition at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with burns to her back and neck.
Now mind you, Cory Booker is not just some guy who rescues people from houses engulfed in flames, suffering smoke inhalation and burns. He's a guy who rescues people from houses engulfed in flames, suffers from smoke inhalation and burns,
and makes sure to Tweet about it so that everyone knows all's okay:
Before going to the hospital, Booker confirmed on his Twitter account that he suffered from smoke inhalation, and said he was being taken by EMS to University Hospital for treatment.
"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."
Now this is a hero for the 21st century: knows how to save lives
and knows how to use social media. This, my friends, is Cory Booker. And I'm definitely voting for him for Superman this November.
P.S. If you haven't checked out the #CoryBookerStories hashtag on Twitter, trust me, you'll want to.