Indiana pizza delivery man saves family from burning home

Just after midnight on July 11, Nick Bostic, a 25-year-old pizza delivery man, was driving in Lafayette, Indiana, when he noticed a burning home.
His instinct to help kicked in immediately and he ran towards the flames.
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[@mojamamonja1897]

Salute also to the Fire Chief who surely had saved people in the past.

[@Kuzo32]

yes i realized that too

[@ericjay6021]

Definitely got some burns

[@MayaMaya-tj7kw]

Ikr, man inspires.

[@LeftInBama]

Brian Alkire, 1996 roof fell on him fighting fire. 4 years of recovery 40+ surgeries. 15 seconds in the fire. (Googled him was inspired 😉)

[@SayakMajumder]

@@LeftInBama Thanks, dude.

[@lastsonofkrypton25]

"why my pizza is taking forever"? "Our delivery guy is saving lives from a fire." This dude is an absolute legend.

[@babyteano1977]

Yep, imagine calling the Pizza Place to say "I will give you bad reviews" because he's not watching tv

[@countyseatadventures]

Except he wasn't working then, he was out driving around after a argument with his gf n did so to clear his head when he discovered the fire. But still...the guys a dang hero for sure n pray he recovers ok!! He's got a long road of healing ahead after being burned. My mom was burned yrs ago n suffered 80-85%, 1st n 2nd degree frontal burns n spent wks I a burn unit @ 2 hrs from their home. She was burned from her face down her torso, both hands n arms...one to the elbow n the other to her armpit, and down to her knees. She had numerous surgeries for skin grafting as well as daily soaking and debriding before the grafts. Once released from the hospital, she had to go to a local nursing home as she still had her NG tube, (nasal gastric) n needed to promise she'd eat more to keep her calories up. See when you're burned, your body goes into overdrive to fight off infection. So in the process it uses more calories, and when sedated you aren't eating like usual nor does one feel like it even if capable of doing so, so they place a NG tube so that the burn victim can receive IV feedings to boost caloric intake. Then shortly after coming home, she developed a carbuncle under her arm along her side n had to have surgery to remove it as it was so deep it had reached her rib cage. She wore compression clothing for over 2 yrs and was scarred for the rest of her life. So my heart goes out to Nick and truly pray he doesn't have to go thru to much in that aspect n the smoke inhalation he suffered also doesn't cause long term problems either. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Corvo1837]

Karen: Doesn't matter, my pizza isn't arriving on time as promised. I am gonna complain about it to his manager.

[@Sugarist0]

Watch dominos fire that man before knowing what he actually did

[@LeopardGeckoFry]

"Sorry sir, the guy delivering it to you thought it looked a little undercooked so he took a detour..."

[@SayakMajumder]

One experienced legend talking about another legend.

[@stamatispelekanos650]

Yup, right on.

[@trustmebro703]

I am sure the assistant chief is a hero himself just by looking at his face.

[@RANS87IROCZ]

Yep you can tell he got possibly burned in the line of duty at some point

[@professoremu2076]

@@RANS87IROCZ it’s more than that, a roof fell on him, 4 years of recovery. All while saving lives

[@RANS87IROCZ]

@@professoremu2076 wow thank you for that amazing info, I wasn't sure but man he definitely a hero

[@zacrobyte]

@@professoremu2076 woah

[@RANS87IROCZ]

@@xploration1437 well that's because I have family member that sustained neck burns very young from an accident, so I also assumed that possibility? Just maybe an accident happened he survived young could of made him take this route also to help others

[@loverlei79]

I feel as though the fire chief has heroic stories of his own to tell a well.

[@joeysipos]

You feel or see lol… he obviously has been close to some fire in his days.

[@corybrown1450]

@@joeysipos yes that's what he said but respectfully

[@joeysipos]

@@corybrown1450 imagine talking to him face to face and you said “I feel you might have some heroic fire stories” that would sound stupid when he knows it blatant obvious…

[@loverlei79]

@@joeysipos yeah mate, it's totally better to be like "dude your face is fuccccckkkked! Wanna tell me how that happened?" I understand courtesy and tact are a lost art these days, but in this situation if you were having a conversation the tactful thing would be to say something like "Thanks for telling us about this hero, I feel as though you have some of your own stories to tell as well, would you like to share?" Because in truth "YOU" can't "SEE" shit. All you see is scars, and those scars may or may not be what he wants to talk about. However asking him about his own heroic stories that you have a "feeling" he has, makes the conversation about Him as a human being, not his scars.

[@euphorix4060]

@@loverlei79 well said the nerve of some people man🤦‍♂️

[@richardcranium9663]

Indiana has really been steping up lately with the Hero's. 1st the 22 y/o that stopped the mall shooter now a delivery man fighting fires and saving children. Something good is happening up there. 💪💪💪💪

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

And they said Indiana is a shit hole lol

[@aaronharris5069]

Indiana strong! 💜💜💜

[@devildoc4257]

Indiana is the best state to live in. We'll most of Indiana at least.

[@hotwheels2.098]

I think they should offer him a job at the fire department. You can't teach that kinda mindset. He belongs in that field of work. Good job brother.

[@MUFCXI]

Nah they’d ruin him. He’s a hero loving a normal life. Let’s not ruin him by joining the fire dept who only do it because of the “fame”.

[@ctruthlyfe4452]

Give him the keys to the city. Raise 1 million or more for him and get him to his dream job. This is a true phenomenal human being. May he have alot of kids to pass down his legacy

[@darjohnston4222]

He is truly deserving of a GoFundMe

[@chad969]

I heard this pizza guy is a racist. Everyone spread the word

[@kenzighost7194]

​@@darjohnston4222 he did have one think they raised around 600k if im not mistaken

[@RichardFreeberg]

A true hero. Just another average Joe trying to live off minimum wages. You never can tell what people will do in those kinds of situations...

[@cappy2282]

Ya but he didn't deliver my pizza!! I want him fired....I was hungry AF

[@death13a]

Hopefully he will pursue Fireman job.

[@Wetknees]

ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do or die

[@georgewilliamsiii4677]

And an addict. He says the fire changed the course of his life. It showed him he had strength he didn't know he had.

[@Sagecellist]

Now he's a legend. He didn't wait for "an hour" to react. A true hero.

[@risingforce9291]

The brave uvalde heroes disagree. They insisting He should've conducted a tactical 1 hour onsite recon before saving lives.

[@pokerman9108]

Give that guy a job at the fire department. He has what it takes.

[@richieb3356]

No kidding i'd be telling him to get ready for the next Firefighter I/2 class forget delivering pizzas.

[@peacemaker-du4hz]

laying on the ground sucking air ,obviously burned himself and hes worried about that little girl,what a freaking legend this man is

[@raplegends24]

When he asks about the baby I'm in tears what a selfless guy prayers and love to everyone from uk

[@peanutworshiper6666]

I can only imagine the pain that fire chief went through saving lives respect to him and the pizza guy

[@TheBigGMan123]

Faith in humanity reinforced, never look down on people doing jobs like pizza delivery cause even they can rise to the challenge.

[@belindaloux8354]

That's exactly what my husband said.

[@mikefearn6596]

Just when you start to lose faith in people,along comes a legend like this guy.....

[@gew9487]

A hero for sure! A miracle! Blessings to all!!❤❤

[@1966Depeche]

Bravest of the brave without question !! I salute the pizza guy and The Chief !! Tragedy averted by indescribable selflessness to save human life !! I salute you !!

[@josephagentaraiza713]

ABSOLUTELY!!! 🇺🇸

[@CKH3]

My heart goes out to this hero and family. I hope everyone the best from my heart

[@cosplayshop]

To anyone commenting on the Fire Chief, a little background for him you should know His facial injury was from a House Fire in 1996, when he was a Sheffield Township volunteer, he attended a house fire in South Lafayette and was trapped inside after seeing flame on the roof of the building and went inside and warn the other 6 Firefighter battling the flame, the roof eventually collapsed and trapped him inside, while the other firefighter made it out. He was eventually rescued and return to his job in 1997. It was believed that had he not run in, the 6 firefighters will be trapped instead of him by the collapsing roof had he not ran inside and warn them.

[@cappy2282]

Community needs to get together and give that man some loot. I'd throw em $10

[@Sleep2Dream]

He has a GoFundMe at $500,000 right now!

[@afunguspore]

That was fast

[@cappy2282]

@@Sleep2Dream That's awesome and a GoFundMe I can respect 🙏

[@gracey_bun]

The two dislikes are probably from the people who ordered the pizza.

[@fruitypeebils]

there's something so badass about being a fire chief thats also a burn victim

[@belindaloux8354]

I pray this young man is blessed the rest of his life. This is a hero your children should be looking up to. Not actors or sport people.

[@christianfernandez6985]

Salute To You, Mr. Nic... You're The Man... That's What's Up!!!

[@ghostface_mika]

My respect to all heros who helped others no matter how but thank you for taking care of anybody around you❤

[@chriswar535]

Looks like the Fire Chief is a hero himself as well as the young pizza guy 👍💞

[@laxslacker]

The world is full of wonderful people, always remember that!

[@terabyte6166]

Hero…!!! Way to go Nicholas! So proud of you!

[@peterpaul9429]

The fire man is a fire victim himself!

[@darbydupree4056]

What a wonderful man.

[@marelynmarty5139]

God bless you we need more people like you hero

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

He has shown that he is a Firemen already by his courage and bravery🤗

[@smckay6438]

Thank you guys ! And thank you brian for your injuries that i can see but don'tknow about ! 😊😊😊😊❤

[@robertmo772]

Hey chief. My respects to you . Your family and your sacrifice

[@alinabulat6593]

This guy deserves all the respect.

[@outgoingautismhowtoovercom8512]

Your a genuine hero bro

[@Incognito2u]

I hear the word hero tossed around so casually but this man is truly a hero and I wish him the best life possible.

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Wow, Brian is still giving his all. Really bad arse to keep fighting what scars you

[@LifeOfMeRightNow]

thank you legend

[@shaunkirby7788]

Wow...what an amazing chap.

[@bpedoniquott7971]

Got try save her but didn't have too but he reacted and he can be part of my community thank you

[@safespacebear]

"please tell me the baby is okay" "Yep, you did good dude". Amen

[@aliciaborchardt5554]

You know I fight with the fact that no one helped me while I was being mauled by my neighbors dog. People heard me screaming for help and not a single person came to help me. If it wasn't for my dog I would not be here. I struggle everyday with that. The fact that this guy just jumped in there to help is rare now days.

[@soldierofodin70]

Just when you think the world is failing, folks like this reassure us that people can be good and kind.

[@phoenixrising4573]

I sincerely hop the man was handed a helmet badge. He earned that much.

[@unbo9748]

Thank you so much

[@matthewc3959]

Wow what respect to that Assistant chief. God only knows what he’s been thru for his job and he still doing it.

[@seawyatt]

Lately, I've been mighty proud to be a Hoosier. Much love and respect to the family and all our heroes that step up in a crisis! ♥

[@bettybelongia7213]

God. Bless. L9ve. Prayers❤😊

[@casuallyretarded5161]

Nothing short of a Hero. I bet he even got the pizza to where it was needed early!

[@nicoletharp6037]

He seems like that type of dude. I loved how concerned he was about the baby he helped get out.

[@nicoletharp6037]

I watched a clip that was a follow up on this story. This guy is a true man, gentleman, and hero. The pizza guy and girlfriend apparently had an argument, so like any rational person, (instead of reacting and saying something he couldn't take back) he took a drive to cool off and happened to be driving by the house that was on fire. He opened the back door, started yelling, "your house is on fire". The oldest child, who is 18, was babysitting her siblings while her parents went out on a date night. That young lady and the pizza guy got most of the kids out. Baby K wasn't out, so the pizza guy went back in and got her. The parents rushed home when they got an alert of the fire. The husband,/father got very emotional when expressing his gratitude to the young man. Especially for saving the youngest Baby K. Special places in heaven for people like that ✌️🙏

[@yeng8949]

@@nicoletharp6037 This story give me goosebumps. Thank you for sharing.

[@nicoletharp6037]

@@yeng8949 Your welcome. When I watched the follow up I felt like I had to share this part of the story. Many beautiful blessings ✌️🙏😊

[@MrEdukada]

Those are scars of honor

[@sinahelmi6696]

True heroes don't wear capes.

[@eoinmurphy210]

class act

[@leoneforte444]

A lot of respect to the pizza guy and much respect to the fire chief too, we can tell he’s definitely a life saver and we appreciate you for this

[@leonardocarretero1054]

Hero ? He's not a Hero ! Up north high In the sky, they call them Angels in disguise 👼

[@harryhaese782]

Make that guy an honorary fireman, Lafayette FD!

[@seanswinton6242]

Key to the city!!!

[@DJBSharpMusic]

Shoot, or offer him a job

[@faultfinder951]

💯 agree!

[@beemo5422]

He could have known who lived there as he's a pizza guy and had probably seen them while delivering a pizza previous to the fire, never the less a true act of heroism

[@633959]

Wow, he just assumed someone was in there and jumped into action. The town needs to pitch in and help him open his own pizza shop.

[@lisalebowicz3252]

God bless him! Respect!

[@LyranSoul]

God Bless this guy saving those kids.

[@mamaveros]

This brave man has earned a spot on the next Firefighter class! As well as a paramedic spot in next class! True LEGENDS!! Prayers to all involved 💓💓💓

[@freedomforourfallen3755]

Awesome.

[@pristein6098]

Thank goodness....

[@mountainman8775]

Props

[@joetraveler5609]

May God bless you Nick🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@verrettlasatt7909]

Hero.

[@milksteak9213]

Nothing is more tragic than seeing a burnt fire chief damn :/

[@robertshapley5330]

Damn. A burnt ass fire cheif, you know he’s been battling flames and still does his job

[@Skatedonut1847]

"ALL DAY EVERY DAY" what a badass

[@Retrogame_world]

Give this man a job

[@judymelchert3966]

A wonderful brave man !

[@Mrcharlieize]

You are part of the 3% of humans on the planet. The ability to ignore own survival is really rare and still baffles neurologists to this day. Hope all wounds heal!!

[@georgewilliamsiii4677]

Fire is.. something else. Many things are called a Forge for a reason. Fire will reveal who you are real quick. He found out hes a hero. May it change his life.

[@Dikz.70769]

This is destiny

[@MrYrgas]

What a legend.

[@zachmarrow]

What a boss!!!!

[@krisrobinson207]

They always put so much emphasis on him being a puzza guy. He wasnt working, he had a fight with his gf and went for a drive to clear his head. He is more than his job, lets respect him more than this

[@Mike-eg9ok]

"Hold my beer and pizza."

[@Rombizio]

He saved 5 children in that house. Uvalde police force did shit nothing and many kids died.

[@dreddph]

Finally some good news!

[@alfredoramos1450]

Great video, good job

[@richardsdavidson9952]

He earned his wings

[@derekmcfadyen127]

Balls of steel

[@rastaewabeach]

The fire department should offer him a career.

[@windsarveda519]

But pizza delivery paid more

[@wezlydog]

Where were the parents? I can't find any info about where they were while the fire happened.

[@100madmic]

what I heard the parents where out on date and they had babysitter their not sure the whole story though.

[@bethany666]

The babysitter was an older sibling

[@seanswinton6242]

The oldest sibling who is 18 years old was in charge.

[@zari2662]

Yeah, parents were having a date night and the 18yr old sibling was babysitting. I'm sure they are so thankful for his heroic actions.

[@kantipoddar]

@@zari2662 cause of fire?

[@zaidanaude3518]

Go Spidey❤

[@PrdDad]

Why don't headlines like these go national. Your goverment and the media hate a story that brings people together. Share it.

[@tellydianadayondon6534]

Saving 6 children lives if heaven is real he would be a CEO in heaven.

[@JesusSaves4Ever777]

Hero's

[@pufferfish5980]

This Town is full of Heros, from civilians to fire chief.

[@Wetknees]

When I first saw raw footage I thought his forearms were blurred out because he was burned up. I hate to say that I’m glad it was just lacerations. Especially because it was due to his quick thinking and situational awareness.

[@phazegate7578]

Hire that man as a firefighter. He will not hesitate to save those in need.

[@ThatRyeMcFly]

Mad respect to that dude. He should be apart of the fire department

[@78tjeerd]

If heaven exists this guy is on the VIP list.

[@MayaMaya-tj7kw]

Free pizza for lifea

[@loveistheanswer687]

Let’s call him SpiderMan for saving lives form fire and delivering pizza

[@JB-hl4fp]

So this hero went in and fireman stood outside ?

[@richardscott2622]

Truly an Iron man ... ❤️❤️❤️👍👍

[@I20-w4v]

Firemen and Police Officers are different breeds IMO.