Newark Mayor Cory Booker, released from a local hospital for smoke inhalation and burns on his right hand sustained resucing his neighbor from her burning home on Thursday night, held a press conference on Friday morning, saying it was a “…really frightening experience for me. I think I did what most people would do to help their neighors out.” Booker also went on to praise the firefighters and first responders, who he said he had a new respect for after the incident.
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