A pizza guy proves heroism still exists after saving 5 children from a burning house

Nicholas Bostic is a man who should be all over the news, but good news is merely a footnote in our society.

When confronted with the option to do nothing and allow innocent lives to be lost, or to forego his own safety and act, Nicholas Bostic chose the latter. To get you up to speed, Bostic ran into a burning home to save 5 kids in all. My first question - why isn't this front page news? We heard all about AOC and Ilhan Omar pretending they were handcuffed and yet Bostic's story is being treated like an announcement for a City Council meeting on waste management or something.

To give more insight into the story, on July 11th, a house fire in Lafayette, Indiana threatened to claim the lives of 5 children trapped inside while flames roared from the immolated structure. Bostic went to the house, attempting to alert anyone inside of the fire, and ended up going in through the backdoor before finding 4 children sleeping upstairs. He woke them and informed them of the fire, getting them out of the house unharmed.

It was then as they all exited the house that one of the kids informed Bostic that another child was in the house, a 6-year-old girl. The fire was only getting more intense by the second, but he chose to go back inside anyway to find the last remaining child. Smoke had reduced visibility to zero and the temperature was comparable to an oven within the house by this time. It was only by the girl's crying that he could locate her. With the child in his arms, he attempted to locate the exit, but with no visibility and being in a home he wasn't familiar with, this was a tall order.

It was then that he went back upstairs, and chose to break out a second story window with his hand, and jump out - holding the child to one side and landing on the other to break her fall and ensure she wasn't harmed. Despite injury to himself and the very real possibility that his own life could've been claimed, he chose to save others. That's bravery that's almost unheard of, these days. And that's by design. Bad news gets more clicks, after all.

Bostic sustained many injuries from his heroic act, including burns and smoke inhalation, as well as a lacerated hand and a severed tendon from breaking the window to save the girl he'd located after the other 4 children had been safely escorted out. This man is a hero, plain and simple.

A gofundme had been started for Bostic by Lafayette citizen Richard Stair, to help pay medical expenses. The initial goal of $100,000 was absolutely shattered after it reached nearly $400,000 after over 11,700 donations were made.

So why do I insist on sullying this beautiful story for the sake of complaining about the media? Because I believe it's a fair point that should be made. We are inundated with a steady diet of outrage and divisiveness because a population that sees nothing but fear and rage porn is easier to control. Stories like the one about Bostic has the annoying side effect of bringing people together and reminding us that we should not fight with one another, but take care of eachother. I'm guilty of this, too. Still, it's vital to shine a light on important topics and really get to the bottom of the reason for why things occur, and who is responsible.

I just want to see heroes like Bostic be more than a footnote to cap off a newscast that gives you an hour of fear that ends with two minutes of redemption. There need to be more good stories seeing the light of day, but you can't fill a 24 hour news cycle with wholesomeness, it wouldn't draw a dime.