A New York Uber driver stopped his car with a passenger inside and ran into a burning building to help people escape
Uber driver Fritz Sam ran into a burning building on Wednesday to get people out, CBS reported.
At the time of the blaze, he had been driving a passenger to the airport.
But he suddenly stopped his car and ran inside when he noticed the fire.
A New York Uber driver saw a fire at a Brooklyn building while driving a passenger, and jumped out of his car to help, CBS reported.
The driver, Fritz Sam, stopped — with the passenger still inside — and ran straight into the burning building on Wednesday.
"When I thought that there might me someone inside that building, there was something in me that couldn't hold back and I just had to go inside," Sam told CBS.
The passenger who witnessed the heroic act, Jemma Wei, was en route to LaGuardia Airport for a flight.
When she saw Sam hop out of the car, she began taking pictures of the burning building. Then she and passersby began to yell to alert others to the blaze.
"The fire was pretty scary, so it looked like it might explode," Wei told CBS. "So, I think he just thought it was very important to get everyone out. And it turns out, it was a really good call because the tenant was still inside."
When firefighters arrived, CBS reported, Sam was on his way out of the building with a tenant by his side.
"I am not leaving you,'" Sam said he told the resident.
Firefighters at the scene said there were no injuries. "I hear he managed to get two people out and I just thought that was so brave," Wei told CBS.
Wei said in a tweet that she still managed to make her flight on time.
Uber saw the tweet and honored Sam on its account. A statement from the company called him a "heroic and thoughtful member of our community."
"Today, he went above and beyond to keep his neighbors in New York safe -- and still managed to get his rider to the airport on time," it said.
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