You might say Nick Bostic of Lafayette, Indiana has the perfect job. He loves driving and delivers pizzas for a living. The automotive enthusiast owns both a 1987 “foxbody” Mustang and a 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne. One fateful night he had an argument with his girlfriend and decided to go for a drive to clear his head. Without this fight, without Bostic’s drive, one six-year-old might no longer be alive.

The 25-year-old noticed smoke billowing out of a suburban home. And as he drew closer, he saw flames too. Without a thought he threw his car in park and ran inside. He found the family’s oldest daughter racing out of the building, with two of her younger siblings and one family friend in tow. He escorted them down the steps and out the door. Bostic must have been relieved for a moment. But then the kids told him their six-year-old little sister was still trapped inside.

According to the kids, the stranger took a breath and charged into the house “without hesitation.”

Bostic raced up the stairs and began yelling out for the little girl. But she was nowhere to be seen. Finally he heard her voice–downstairs. So he ran back to the first floor and found her cowering beneath the billowing smoke.

At this point, Bostic was struggling to breath in the house consumed by flames. So he took off his shirt and wrapped it around his mouth and nose. Then he scooped up the little girl and tried desperately to find the door. But the smoke must have been too thick. They were trapped.

In desperation, Bostic carried the little girl back up the stairs. He punched his way through a second-floor window. Then he wrapped his body around the child to protect her and leapt through the remaining shards of glass.

Emergency service personnel had surrounded the house, which was consumed by a ball of fire. They tended to the crying children, who kept asking about their little sister. As the firemen began to plan a rescue, a miracle happened.

Nick Bostic stumbled around the side of the house, blood pouring from a deep cut on his arm. He clutched the coughing little girl to his chest. A police officer ran to meet them.

Once the girl was safe, Bostic finally collapsed onto the lawn. His exposed body was covered by burns and scrapes where smoldering coals had stuck to his skin. He was suffering from extreme levels of smoke inhalation and first degree burns. As EMTs descended on him, he continually begged, “Please tell me the baby’s okay!”

The police officer assured Bostic, “You did good dude” while the EMTs struggled to stabilize him. They airlifted him to the hospital in Indianapolis where doctors worked on him. His girlfriend raced to be by his side.

When Bostic was finally cleared for release, he posted a sassy photo to Facebook, striking a pose in his hospital gown. His caption: “Love!” His girlfriend Kara added, “And we’re going home!”

An interviewer asked Bostic what was going through his mind as he dashed into the house. He admitted he was prepared to sacrifice his own life. “I was in there until either I died, or I got them all out.” He quickly added that he was also prepared to fight for his life, “And I wasn’t looking towards dying. I had every intention of making it out.”

The children’s parents were away on date night. When they got the news, they raced home. Their father insists God sent, “an angel” in the form of Nicholas Bostic to save their children. After interviews, a recovered Bostic and the children he saved ran around the family’s new backyard playing ball together.

Today, Bostic has not only bounced back, but he’s recently welcomed a child of his own. Something tells me he’ll be a great dad.

Next, learn about the 18-year-old girl who sacrificed herself to save a wheelchair-bound woman trapped on train tracks, or see an interview with Bostic and the family he saved in the video below: