Nicholas Bostic, 25, was driving past when he saw a home engulfed in flames and his natural instinct was to run in to save the inhabitants. Entering through the back door into the house engulfed by black smoke, he rescued four children aged 1 to 18 before re-entering the home to rescue the fifth child and exiting by jumping through a window holding the 6-year-old. He used his body to break the fall to protect the child.
Lafayette Police Department confirmed that the child was "miraculously mostly uninjured," reported PEOPLE. Bostic suffered from severe smoke inhalation and had a deep gash on his arm. When the first responders arrived on the scene, the first words from his mouth were, "Please tell me that baby is OK."
Bostic told local media that he saw the home in flames as he was driving and ran to help. Forcing his way through the back door as the smoke started filling the house, he reached the kids upstairs and rescued them. Once outside, the children told him that their 6-year-old sibling was still inside. He ran back "without hesitation" to the bedroom upstairs but found no one there despite his frantic search. He started to look for an exit when he heard the cries of a child downstairs.
Despite being frightened, he wrapped his shirt over his mouth and nose and ran through a "black lagoon" of smoke in the staircase to reach the screaming child. He found her but couldn't find an exit because of the black smoke. So he decided to run back upstairs, through the heat and the thick smoke.
Bostic punched a window open before jumping out to the ground while holding the 6-year-old in his hand. He made sure the kid was protected as he landed on the ground. Despite the injury on his arm, he carried the crying child to the first responders who had arrived at the scene. He was scared that she had been injured. The first responders took her out of his arms and checked on her while a few medics urged him to lie on the lawn so they could check his vitals. "Is the baby OK? Please tell me that baby's OK," he could be heard pleading in the bodycam video of one of the officials, who assured him the baby was OK. "You did good, dude," one medic told him. Bostic was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis, where he was treated before being released.
"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," said LPD in a statement.
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Evangelist Greg Laurie stated in a post on his blog on Monday: “Interesting how it always comes back to Jerusalem. The Bible predicted, thousands of years ago, that the end time events would revolve around Jerusalem. Not San Francisco. Not Los Angeles. Not Moscow. Not Paris.
“But Jerusalem, this tiny little city, in this tiny sliver of land, will play a key role in the events of the last days. It’s the focal point of end times events. It’s amazing when you think about it, because in Zechariah 12:3–4 God says, ‘I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves’ (NLT).”
Laurie concluded by answering the question: “What should Christians be doing in the light of all this [turmoil and warfare in the Middle East].”
He gave two answers:
“Jesus said, ‘Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near’ (Luke 21:28 NKJV). That’s what we need to be doing, looking for the soon return of Jesus Christ.
“But we also need to pray. The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). We want to pray that they arrive at some kind of peace. We want to pray that this horrific terrorism stops, and that they’re able to get their hostages back. And we want to pray that God places His hand of protection on the nation of Israel during this unprecedented war.”
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