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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Saves Neighbor from Fire

Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation he suffered trying to rescue his next-door neighbors from their burning house. "I just grabbed her and whipped her out of the bed," Booker said in recounting the fire. Booker said he suffered second-degree burns on his hand.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation he suffered trying to rescue his next-door neighbors from their burning house. "I just grabbed her and whipped her out of the bed," Booker said in recounting the fire. Booker said he suffered second-degree burns on his hand.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.