A Lafayette pizza delivery driver who saved five children from a burning home is being awarded The Carnegie Medal, which is the highest honor for civilian heroism in the United States.
On July 11, 2022, Nicholas Bostic, 25, rescued five children from a burning home in the 220 block of Union Street.
"It was fight or flight. I knew it was only a matter of time until the house blew up, and I had been in there for a while," Bostic said.He began yelling inside to alert any occupants that the house was on fire.Man saves children from fire After getting them outside to safety, he learned about the six-year-old that was still inside the home. Without hesitation, he ran back into the burning house, according to police.
"I was in there until either I died, or I got them all out. And I wasn't looking towards dying. I had every intention of making it out," Bostic said.
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