An Uber Driver Rescued Two People From A Brownstone Fire In NYC And Still Got His Passenger To LaGuardia Airport On Time
This past Wednesday, an Uber driver from New York City– Fritz Sam– was driving a passenger to LaGuardia Airport when he witnessed a tragedy.
Fritz saw a brownstone in the Brooklyn Bed-Stuy neighborhood billowing with flames. But instead of relying on first responders to arrive on the scene and continuing on with his shift, Fritz plunged into action.
He quickly parked his car, and he and the passenger both raced over to the apartment. Fritz also noticed that a second-floor apartment was suffering the brunt of the fire.
“Together, we just started shouting, ‘Is anyone inside?’ We screamed at the top of our lungs, ‘Come out, come out, there’s a fire,'” Fritz recalled.
He heard no response from occupants inside– which some might regard as a good sign. Fritz, though, could not rest without knowing for sure that no one was trapped in the building.
So, he followed his intuition, bolted into the burning building, and ultimately rescued two people– one woman and one man.
“All I wanted to do was do the right thing; display some courage. I was afraid, but there was a moment where I had to put that aside and focus on the task,” Fritz said in an interview with NBC New York.
Then, after firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze, Fritz hopped back into his car and miraculously finished his Uber trip.
Twitter; pictured above is Fritz
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“It was surreal, but we got to the airport on time,” he explained in true dedicated Uber driver fashion.
Fritz’s passenger, Jemimah James Wei, later shared Fritz’s incredible act of courage on Twitter– which gained over fifty-six thousand likes and hundreds of responses from thankful citizens.
And since the miraculous feat has gone viral on social media, Uber has officially honored Fritz by giving him a place in Uber’s 2022 Yearbook– a collective that celebrates drivers and couriers with inspiring stories.
“Meet hometown hero Fritz Sam, New York City, who momentarily interrupted an airport ride to run into a burning building and rush people to safety!” the company began in a Twitter post.
“Welcome to our first-ever Uber Yearbook highlighting some of the most inspiring people in the Uber community.”
Despite all of the praise, though, Fritz has remained humble– and simply regarded his own actions as something anyone would do for their own family.
“If your family was in a burning building, you would not hesitate. All I did was say, ‘Wait a minute, that may not be my family, but that is somebody’s family,'” Fritz said.
To view Jemimah’s original Twitter post, you can visit the link here. Or, to view Uber’s Twitter post, you can visit the link here.
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