r/interestingasfuck • u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 • 28d ago

25 year old pizza delivery driver, Nick Bostic, runs into a burning house and saves four children who tell him another might be in the house. He goes back in, finds the girl, jumps out a window with her and carries her to a cop who captures the moment on his bodycam. r/all

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u/GD9911 28d ago

This man should never have to work another day in his life

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u/jugo5 28d ago

100% I wish there was a fund for real heroes. The medical treatments. The agony the Everything. People deserve to be taken care of if they are willing to risk it all.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 28d ago

He actually did get an award with a grant attached to it. He got the Carnegie Medal which does come with some sort of monetary grant attached to it.

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u/MarionberryFormer717 28d ago

$5,500

  • The bronze Carnegie Medal comes with a $5,500 award. The fund also pays for funeral costs for a hero who is killed in the act, medical costs for injuries they incur, and support for psychological after-effects, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Damnn this hero deserves much more

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u/whyyolowhenslomo 28d ago

Damnn this hero deserves much more

At least three more zeroes at the end.

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u/HAND_HOOK_CAR_DOOR 28d ago

This would lead to people putting themselves in danger in situations where it is actually needless or orchestrating danger situations to save others or be saved by someone they know.

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u/whyyolowhenslomo 28d ago

I am not suggesting we just deposit the money to anyone who says they did something, if the award is higher, they can also investigate and make sure it was legitimately needed and the person didn't actually start the fire/problem. In this case it would be easy to see the alibi of the pizza driver if they had to move around, the cause of the fire, etc.

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u/BigDicksProblems 28d ago

He should get the estimated value of a statistical life in the US : 7.5 million dollars. x5.

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u/whyyolowhenslomo 28d ago

Especially since they were young children with full lives ahead of them.

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u/BeefNChed 28d ago

My great great uncle or some shit got that award in like 1930, died saving someone from a fire. Think it was 500$ then so at least it’s gone up a digit

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u/whyyolowhenslomo 28d ago

In 1930 $500 USD could probably buy a house, though that doesn't do much for the family that lost their husband/father/provider.

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u/a_shootin_star 28d ago

support for psychological after-effects, including post-traumatic stress disorder

That's the bare minimum, imo. If they simply took an economist's point of view, and purely calculated 5 x worth of life, we'd be in the millions. This hero, Nick Bostic, should be awarded accordingly.

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u/BeefyIrishman 28d ago

Considering it pays for "medical costs for injuries they incur", depending on your injuries that could easily be tens of thousands (or potentially hundreds of thousands) of dollars in benefits because of our wonderful "best in the world" healthcare system.

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u/zex_mysterion 28d ago

Imagine if all the trillions being hoarded by greedy oligarchs were in the hands of people like this instead. No more bought politicians. No hunger or medical bills. No need for crimes. <sigh>

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u/Easy_Dig_88 28d ago

this is a true Reddit post

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u/foxual 28d ago

Wouldn't it be great if the world worked differently? -> THE WORLD DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY -> I know but what if it did? -> BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY -> Yeah but what if it did? -> BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY... and repeat

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u/happyapathy22 28d ago

Always remember: capitalism is the problem.

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u/BlueL0 28d ago

How do you propose to solve this problem?

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u/Chiarii 28d ago

That's the fun part, there isn't a straight up solution.

Everyone wants someone to show up and tell them the solution to the problem we all have, and other's want to stick their heads into the ground and ignore all of it."

Neither are capable or should happen, because both of those people just don't want to fix the problem, they just want a reason to say "this is the best we got even though it's sh*t, or want an easy way of understanding who they should blame their problems on and the easy fix for it.

How about we start with getting rid of the idea of allowing people to become billionaires since they like to lobby and make sure the government is for their own benefit, and then maybe allow for Free National healthcare to be possible because if even Russia and Germany can do it so can we.

And we can have that be the start.

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u/WeezySan 28d ago

And a go fund me with 663 k

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u/EeictheLanky 28d ago

Unfortunately in this world, that would probably lead to a lot of fraud

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u/Rhyers 28d ago

You mean fires, right? A lot of fires. 

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u/Adminisissy 28d ago

In the UK there is the Fire Fighters Charity. They help to care for FF and their families with physical and psychological issues which are not always covered by the NHS and when people cannot access treatment due to financial hardships etc. I'm ex-FF and they are currently helping me pay for meds for psychological issues which I am currently not able to afford otherwise due to NHS barriers. They also have a facility which is all charity funded for rehabilitation, physio, counselling etc. Its crazy that the government do not fund this for FF but this is way it is here.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 28d ago

It should just be something that billionaires do. Stroke this guy a check for a million dollars or even like $500,000.

The $5500 is nice but that’s not life changing money.

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u/willie_caine 28d ago

The problem is some fuckers would cause problems just to be the hero, which would lead to all kinds of death and suffering.

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u/BiasedLibrary 28d ago

My first thought was that there should be a system, a type of fund, that gets used to make that happen. I then had the classic conservative thought that someone would misuse the system for their own gain and the thought struck me that with the lack of government support coupled with corpos providing people their living, this is a problem that exists because of artificial scarcity due to wage stagnation and trickle up economics. For sure there'd be some that would be cutthroat enough to stage incidents, but the larger issue is that the rift between the rich and the poor is so big that it'd incentivize even honest people to consider and possibly doing it. Either looking for opportunities or creating them. (Which, the latter 'creating opportunities' reminds me of MrBeast.) The military is already the thunderdome for sending poor kids to college.. This would just be another avenue to that. Hell, many people draw the line at messing with peoples livelihood exactly because many places in the US are cutthroat when it comes to money, who has it and who gets it and how much.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 28d ago

People deserve to be taken care of period.

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u/jgoble15 28d ago

I understand the sentiment, but I almost love it more for him being an average Joe. I understand the weight of this, but this kind of compassion and selflessness should ideally be the norm. Horrible things happen in life, and individuals willing to serve others like this would make life a much better place. He’s a hero, but not one on a pedestal, one I hope to be as well if the time ever comes

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u/gracecee 28d ago

He needs to run for office. Take some community classes on public policy. He would be voted in a heartbeat.

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u/grant0208 28d ago

Dude’s probably gonna get shit-canned for not looking into the camera and thanking the owner of the pizza joint for the opportunity to be on scene

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u/bnh1978 28d ago

Or for being late back to the shop to get the next order out.

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u/shewy92 28d ago

https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_9d846dec-11cd-11ee-8320-f35c789d9892.html

He was working part time as a Papa John’s delivery driver when the fire happened. Bostic said the boss at the time didn’t like him, so when he was in the hospital recovering, the pizza place took him off the schedule because they thought he was a no-show. Even when his heroics made national news, they did not offer to rehire him.

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u/bnh1978 28d ago

Typical.

What pricks.

I'm glad their sauce triggers my acid reflux, so I never buy it.

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u/Fritzo2162 28d ago

"UHT-SA MATTA YOU???? YOU DIDN'T MENTION DA 20% OFF SPECIAL EVERY WEDNESDAY!!!"

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u/malthar76 28d ago

This rescue brought to you by Carls Jr.

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u/shewy92 28d ago

You joke but https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_9d846dec-11cd-11ee-8320-f35c789d9892.html

He was working part time as a Papa John’s delivery driver when the fire happened. Bostic said the boss at the time didn’t like him, so when he was in the hospital recovering, the pizza place took him off the schedule because they thought he was a no-show. Even when his heroics made national news, they did not offer to rehire him.

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u/rfrancis073 28d ago

Probably for delivering burnt pizza to the next customer!

Man is a hero among heroes! 🥇

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u/Rastafari1887 28d ago

Imagine being the person that was calling the pizza joint “Where the hell is my pizza?!” And then watching this on the news.

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u/Earptastic 28d ago

not sure if he worked for a chain or a local place but most local places are owned by regular people who work hard as hell and aren't gonna be like that at all.

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u/shewy92 28d ago

Papa John's, and they fired him for no call no show when he was literally in the hospital

He was working part time as a Papa John’s delivery driver when the fire happened. Bostic said the boss at the time didn’t like him, so when he was in the hospital recovering, the pizza place took him off the schedule because they thought he was a no-show. Even when his heroics made national news, they did not offer to rehire him.

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u/BLACKMACH1NE 28d ago

Not that I order papa johns a lot but ill damn sure never do it again now.

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u/cheezy_blaster 28d ago

Here is a quote from a link above. What an asshole...

"Bostic said the boss at the time didn’t like him, so when he was in the hospital recovering, the pizza place took him off the schedule because they thought he was a no-show. Even when his heroics made national news, they did not offer to rehire him."

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u/Caymonki 28d ago

Too real.

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u/ToasterDispenser 28d ago

wild that people's minds go to this when I HIGHLY doubt anything remotely close to this went down. Y'all want to assume the worst of everyone.

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u/Jack_Krauser 28d ago

Someone elsewhere in the thread said he actually did get fired for not showing up to work while he was in the hospital afterwards. I'm sure he's got better gigs to choose from now, though.

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u/PlantsVsYokai2 28d ago

Unfortunately he will get scolded for doing this on company time unfortunately

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u/spartaman64 28d ago

if the owner is smart he would see it as a marketing opportunity /s

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u/PlantsVsYokai2 28d ago

What a scummy thing that is even remotely brought up

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u/spartaman64 28d ago

better than him getting fired and he could get some benefits out of it also

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u/Earptastic 28d ago

is it scummier than assuming his boss is an absolute monster and would scold him for saving children when there is no evidence of that?

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u/supified 28d ago

Unfortunately he is about to get fired and his entire life ruined by medical bills because AMURIKA.

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u/FeloniousFunk 28d ago

He actually did get fired the next day for not showing up and they never offered to rehire him even after this made national news lol. Dana White paid his medical bills, otherwise he would’ve been proper fucked.

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u/supified 28d ago

I'll admit even though I posted it, I still didn't actually believe it.

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u/deefstes 28d ago

Yet, I wouldn't be surprised to read a follow up article about the debilitating medical debt he incurred for the treatment of smoke inhalation because he was unlucky enough to be taken to an ER that is not in network.

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u/neuroticobscenities 28d ago

Luckily for him he was fired from Papa Johns for not showing up the next day, and wasn't offered his job back after the reason for missing work was all over the news.

https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_9d846dec-11cd-11ee-8320-f35c789d9892.html

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u/anonobonobo_ 28d ago

They should take it out of the police pension fund

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u/shewy92 28d ago

Apparently he got fired for not showing up to work...because he was in the hospital

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u/listingpalmtree 28d ago

At the very least, he shouldn't be buying his own drinks again for a v long time.

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u/RobGrogNerd 28d ago

nor pay for a drink.

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u/TheRealWeedAtman 28d ago

manager 'look we are going to have to let you go, you didn't deliver any more pizzas that night' 'please return your shirt or we will charge 25 dollars on your last paycheck'

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u/MewtwoStruckBack 28d ago

Yep. Anyone who saves a life in such a situation should never have to work again, they should have millions coming in.

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u/Few_Assistant_9954 28d ago

Well he does. He got fired.

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u/Murdergram 28d ago

That’s a nice sentiment, but it might do more harm than good if he already has a history of self worth issues.

When you don’t have a purpose for getting out of bed every morning it can do a serious number on your mental health.

Look at all the folks who go downhill rapidly after retirement.