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Newark Mayor Cory Booker taken to hospital after rescuing woman from house fire
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| Media | Newspaper - Star-Ledger (NJ) |
| News Date | Friday, April 13, 2012 03:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NEWARK — 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.
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.
Booker’s chief of staff, Modia Butler, said after the mayor arrived home he saw that the building next to his home was on fire and none of the residents was outside.
Booker rushed in and his security detail followed him, said Newark Fire Director Fateen Ziyad. |
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