Nick Bostic, who is 25 years old, is speaking out because he ran into the house twice to save the children, who were between 1 and 18 years old, from the smoke and heat…

As news of Nick Bostic’s brave actions during a house fire spreads, more details are coming to light.

On July 11, a father in Lafayette, Indiana, went into a burning house twice to save his five children, ages one to eighteen.

As the big job was coming to a successful end, Bostic got the last child on his second try. He broke a window and jumped two stories with the baby in his arms. Since then, the scary events have drawn the attention of the whole country.

Bostic, who is 25 years old, told ABC News, “If I had to do it again and had the chance, I would.” “I knew the dangers I was putting myself in. I knew the next second might be my last. But every minute was important.”

When Bostic left his house that night to get gas for his car, the rescue began. Bostic forgot his cell phone, so he couldn’t call 911 when he saw the two-story house go up in flames shortly after midnight, before the fire department got there.

In a statement, the Lafayette police said, “He quickly pulled over to the side of the road, put his car in reverse, turned around, and pulled into the driveway.” He knew he had to do something.

Police said that he ran to the back of the house, where he found an unlocked door, and started shouting inside to warn the people who lived there about the fire.

After getting no response, he looked into how likely it was that everyone had already left.

“He decided to go in instead of taking a chance that someone was still there,” they said.

Bostic told ABC News that he ran up the stairs despite the heat and smoke and found four children: a 1-year-old, two 13-year-olds, and an 18-year-old. Then he took them down the stairs and out the door.

He said, “I asked if anyone was still inside, and they told me that the 6-year-old was.”

“The police say that he ran back into the burning house without thinking twice. Since he didn’t know where the child was, he went upstairs, which was the last place he had seen children.

“He looked everywhere, even under the beds, but he couldn’t find the child,” police said. “He started to go down the stairs, but was stopped right away.”

They said, “He said that he looked down the stairs and saw a “black lagoon” of smoke and thought that he couldn’t go on that way.” He went to a window to get out of the house when he heard a child crying downstairs.

Bostic told police about what they thought was his “inner conversation.” Police said in a statement, “He knew he was there to save the child. Even though the fire and smoke downstairs scared him, he wouldn’t leave.”

Authorities say that Bostic “tied his shirt around his mouth and nose and jumped into the dark.” “ He couldn’t see what was in front of him because it was so dark, and the heat from the flames made him feel like he was walking into an oven.

Nicholas crawled on the ground, felt with his hands in front of him, and used the child’s cries to find her in the dark.

Police said that Bostic broke a window on the second floor with his bare hands, but in his haste to get away, he left the window open. “The child’s leg got caught in the pull cord of the shackles.

Nicholas realized he was going too fast, so he slowed down. He untangled the line and jumped out of the window, landing on the side of his body where the child was not.

The Lafayette Journal & Courier said that in a video of the event that was later released by the police, Bostic can be heard shouting, “I need air.” But he and the girl made it to safety.

In the video, Bostic says, “I can hardly breathe.” “Is the kid all right? Please let me know that the baby is fine.”

The girl’s foot only had a small cut on it, according to the police.

“David Barrett and his wife went on a date night, so they left their 18-year-old daughter Seionna to watch her three younger siblings and her sister’s friend. Barrett said, “I feel like God sent him. He saved something that was worth a lot.”

Barrett, an assistant principal at Tecumseh Junior High School, told the Lafayette, Indiana-based Substack website, “I have no words to describe how I feel. He saved my child.”

Barrett told ABC News, “Panic was the last thing I could afford to waste a second on.”

Since Bostic got involved, a GoFundMe campaign has been raising money to help the Barrett family get better.

In the meantime, a second Facebook fundraiser was set up to help “Our Hero Nick,” who was in the hospital for a short time to get better, get back on his feet.

A police statement says that Bostic has “impressed many with his courage, persistence, and calmness that never wavers.”

Bostic has stayed humble in the face of praise, telling ABC News, “I’m glad I was there at the right time, in the right place.”