# Mayor Cory Booker saves Ryan Gosling and box of kittens from burning building! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669 "2012-04-13T16:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/21 "2012-04-19T18:56:52Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > I wonder what kept the cop that was with him from going after the woman. Two members of his security team got other people out. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/22 "2012-06-25T19:19:01Z")
Update! Cory Booker wrestles terrorist to the ground and beats him to death with a hissing cobra, saving the life of untold kittens and Ryan Gosling!!! > [@](#): > > June 25–Mayor Cory Booker has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. The mayor of Newark, N.J., who some have called a superhero, helped out at the scene of an accident on Friday, just two months after he rescued his neighbor from her burning home. > > “God bless my residents. Pulled up on pedestrian/vehicle accident. We got man stabilized & into ambulance. He’ll b OK. Thanx 2 all who helped,” Booker tweeted. > > In April, Booker made headlines for rescuing his neighbor from her burning home. OK, so he tweets like a 13-year-old girl . . . ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/23 "2012-06-25T19:30:44Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > OK, so he tweets like a 13-year-old girl . . . Probably because of Twitter’s character limit. Is anyone else getting a little…_suspicious_ of him. I mean…he just happens to be at the scene of two “accidents” to help out? I think I saw a TV show about something like that, the superhero is really a supervillain, and just likes the attention. Oh, wait, it’s Newark? Nevermind…the average Newark resident probably passes five fires, three car accidents, and a stabbing on the way to work. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/24 "2012-06-25T19:46:40Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Oh, wait, it’s Newark? Nevermind…the average Newark resident probably passes five fires, three car accidents, and a stabbing on the way to work. I heard it’s so violent there, the cars actually _stab each other_. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/25 "2012-06-25T20:00:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I heard it’s so violent there, the cars actually _stab each other_. Newark is so tough, the kids steal hubcaps from moving cars. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/26 "2012-06-26T00:22:20Z")
…moving _police_ cars. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/27 "2012-06-26T01:12:48Z")
I like the Seinfeld take on Christie and Booker: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wHN0ZeS5c-4/maxresdefault.jpg "Governor Christie and Mayor Booker: Don't Worry, We've Got This") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHN0ZeS5c-4) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/28 "2012-06-26T02:22:16Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/nyregion/mayor-cory-booker-says-he-felt-terror-in-fire-rescue.html?ref=nyregion](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/nyregion/mayor-cory-booker-says-he-felt-terror-in-fire-rescue.html?ref=nyregion) > > While Chuck Norris stands there on the sidewalk and cries like a \*little girl. \* Awesome. Next time my 10yo gets scared at a snake I can scream at her “What’s wrong? It’s just a snake! Why are you crying like _Chuck Norris_?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/29 "2012-06-26T09:05:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I heard it’s so violent there, the cars actually _stab each other_. I’m now having visions of the race in Ben Hur, only on the NJ Turnpike and the “chariots” are half-busted Camaros. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669/30 "2012-06-26T10:00:32Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Yup, toootally. Everyone would risk their lives and run into an inferno. Ain’t no thing. Oh, yeah, after roasting a few marshmallows, exchanging a little gossip about the victims with the other neighbors, and, uh, … waiting for the right moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-cory-booker-saves-ryan-gosling-and-box-of-kittens-from-burning-building/618669.md?page=1)