April 13, 2012
SKY'S THE LIMIT:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker taken to hospital after rescuing woman from house fire (Star-Ledger, 4/12/12)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital tonight 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.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 13, 2012 5:45 AM
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