Try That in a Small Town Podcast
In 2023, Jason Aldean's groundbreaking song and video "Try That In A Small Town" resonated with a resurgence of conservative values in America. The writers of the song, Kurt, Neil, Tully, and Kelley, took the opportunity to launch the Try That In A Small Town Podcast. This platform allows them to reveal the true inspiration behind the song and discuss the importance of common-sense values. With a lineup of influential guests, the hosts will entertain you with the stories behind their music, while also addressing challenging topics affecting our communities and country.
Try That in a Small Town Podcast
BONUS EPISODE - Unplanned Heroism and Life-Saving Acts in a Small Town Blaze :: Try That in a Small Town Podcast
Imagine taking a late-night drive to cool off after a fight with your significant other....and then suddenly becoming a hero.
That's exactly what happened to our incredible guest, Nick Bostic, who joins us with a firsthand account of his courageous act that night in July 2022.
Neil came across this post from Eric Daugherty reporting about Donald Trump Jr. calling for Nick to "receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom instead of clowns like George Soros."
As Nick was out for a drive, he stumbled upon a house engulfed in flames and made the split-second decision to intervene. What followed was a gripping tale of bravery as he entered the burning structure, discovering four children asleep inside, unaware of the looming danger. Nick takes us through those intense moments, sharing how his quick thinking and determination led to saving lives.
This episode is not just about heroism; it’s a powerful reminder of the extraordinary impact one person can make in a moment of crisis. We explore the emotions and challenges Nick faced, from the initial sighting of the fire to the relief and realization of what he had accomplished. His story has captured the attention of many, including high-profile figures like Donald Trump Jr. and DC Drano, who helped propel his story back into the public eye. Tune in to hear Nick's inspiring journey and reflect on the essence of humanity and courage.
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the try that in a small town podcast all right, welcome back.
Speaker 3:This is the try that, in a small town podcast, we're coming to you from the patriot mobile studios. Tonight we have an awesome, awesome guest. We are thrilled that Nick Bostic is with us. He's coming to us from Lafayette, indiana.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 3:Nick, appreciate you being here, man. Thanks, buddy.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Thank you very much.
Speaker 3:Yeah, absolutely, and if you're wondering who Nick is, you may have seen him over. Well, it's funny because it's not funny. But in the last week or two he's gotten a little bit another round of attention, and well-deserved, for an act that happened a couple of years ago, I think it was. Was it Don Jr, Donald Trump Jr, or was it DC Drano that posted the video of you?
Speaker 2:It was Trump Jr that retweeted it. That was first, and then DC Drano.
Speaker 3:Um, he took a screenshot of what of that so, and just to fill people in, in case they haven't seen the video, which we'll roll it here for people to see. But, uh, in july of 2022 this was two years ago, right you went into a house that was burning, was on fire, and you ended up saving some kids that were in there I think it was four or five, but we'd love for you to recall the story and tell it to us yeah.
Speaker 2:So me and my girlfriend we got into an argument over something silly and, um, me, I decided to go on a drive to get away from the arguing and kind of and cool off. Um, I went to o'reilly's, a place that we would get together for car meets, and, uh, I went and sat there by myself just thinking about stuff and then, after about 15 minutes or so, I decided to leave and head back home. Um, that's when I seen the house fire on my left. It just looked like a little campfire at first and then, when I looked away, kind of clicked on mine that I was weird to be out in that part of town that late. So I looked back and I realized it was. It was, it was a fire that was unmanned, you know no, or nobody was there, you know. So, um, I slammed on the brakes and I swung the car around.
Speaker 2:Um, I drove up into the driveway, put the hazards on, I got out and I tried flagging down a car that was passing by and that didn't end up stopping. So I turned back around and, um, initially I was probably, I probably was going to go toward my phone, but I knew already I didn't have my phone on me, um, because I tried getting gas after I left the apartment before I got to O'Reilly's. So, um, I knew I didn't have it, so I just went ahead and ran straight to the behind, to the back of the house, and so I went to the side. There was an open gate and then I ran up to the back porch. They had a back porch light on and I opened the door. It was, luckily it was unlocked already.
Speaker 2:Um, I hung my head into the doorway and I was hollering that their house is on fire. Is there anyone in there? And nobody was answering. So I proceeded to enter into the home and, um, right, like scurrying through the house, um, I was looking into the rooms and hollering, I got to a staircase that led to upstairs and I went to run up the stairs and about like three steps from the top. That's when a door at the end of the hallway opened up with four faces in it uh, 18 year old old, and, um, the two-year-old and then the 13 and the 14 year old on does they know that there was a?
Speaker 3:did they know that there was a fire going on, or did you have to alert them? Hey, your house is on fire.
Speaker 2:We got to get out of here no, they didn't know there was a fire going on. They were all asleep, oh my gosh. Okay, yeah, their room was right above the fire, right above the the front door in the living room okay.
Speaker 4:So were they freaking out that you were in that, like they didn't know, there's a fire and then there's a man in their house.
Speaker 2:I mean what happened initially? Yeah, their faces lit. Faces were lit up. They were really surprised. But I didn't hesitate telling them that their house was on fire while I was in there. So I told them and they ran toward me. We ran out down the way, I came in and we get to the back patio and I asked them is there anyone left in there? And they said a baby was left in there. So I ran, I run back in there, I look, I run upstairs and I look in the room that they were in and then I look in the other bedrooms upstairs I ended up.
Speaker 2:I can't remember if I missed one, cause I didn't remember. I don't, I don't know. I don't think I missed one. I don't know if I'm. I can't remember if I missed one or not, but the bedroom that I ended up, we ended up jumping out of, was um, one upstairs in the hallway, but I only I remember looking at some bedrooms that were across from each other, um, in the hallway. I don't. I'm sorry, there's some new stuff kind of coming to my mind that I'm like thinking about.
Speaker 1:No, it's like that's totally understandable dude. I mean this is a no thinking situation. I mean it's amazing that you did that. I got to ask you this Did you get burned or get injured on the first trip in? No, and the second you didn't Not the first one.
Speaker 2:Just the second, you didn't not the first one, just the second time you went in. The first one went real, real easy and smooth. You know, it really wasn't as scary. The fire was still out on the outside of the house and was still like. You know, it wasn't like what you all seen in the. Um, the body cam, uh, that was like that whenever I went back in. So like it spread real fast, but, um, I assume maybe just like the porch was overtaken at that point whenever we got to the patio, but while I was looking upstairs it spread a lot faster, rapidly. So, um, yeah, I got her. I got burned. I got cut. Um the six year old, she got a cut on her foot and a burn on her her. Uh, I got her, I got burned. I got cut. Um the six-year-old, she got a cut on her foot and a burn on her, her uh, shoulder. Um. Other than that, though, everybody was good, everyone was safe and made it out Okay.
Speaker 3:That's just unbelievable. It really is. That's just unbelievable that your instinct was to go in there, cause I'm you know, I don't even know about myself, or however many people would just be like, oh, I hope somebody gets here quick, and then you just had that instinct to go in. That is unbelievable. Let me make sure I got the information. So the kids were sleeping. Were the parents not at the house right at that moment? Mm-hmm, no, wow, that's unbelievable. So when did the parents find out about this and when did you talk to them? And I'm sure they were, you know, overly grateful for your courageous act.
Speaker 2:They were on a date night. The 18 year old and Sienna ended up calling them when I weren't back into the house, I think she pulled her sisters and stuff like that out to the street and that's when they called, or they may have called before that, I think before that, like while they were still on the porch. It's been a while since all this happened and stuff, and obviously I don't replay my stuff and so I apologize that stuff isn't like. I'm not 100% on everything. You know what I Like. I'm not a hundred percent on everything, just you know what.
Speaker 5:I mean, like it's a little fuzzy at this point.
Speaker 3:I don't remember what happened today.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we don't know, we don't remember what we did today.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and so they, they, you know. They say in relationships that you know if you're fighting, that means you really care about each other so are you still with that girlfriend?
Speaker 1:you know, and, and, if, and if you are, yeah, yeah, I want to know what happened.
Speaker 4:That's amazing, because if it wasn't for that fight, we may not be talking to you tonight, right? Yeah, I reckon so there's a god thing yeah so what did you do to make her mad?
Speaker 2:um man, it was probably something petty like dishes, not being like something silly, I didn't even probably have to overreact about.
Speaker 5:That's crazy how God works, though. You know it's like sent you down, you know made that happen and sent you to that house to really save those kids.
Speaker 3:That's 100% he was in you.
Speaker 1:That's a definite God thing.
Speaker 2:I was just going to say I got my inspiration from watching a lot of superhero movies growing up and just kind of picking and choosing, very picking the good role models and stuff like that that I wanted to learn advice from. So that's kind of where it's gotten me and you know, trying to be closer to God, being a better person, and I see how that can be a good thing for other people because it inspires when people see you doing the right thing and inspires them to kind of follow along and I think eventually, if there's enough people trying to do that, the scale will flip back over again.
Speaker 3:I think you're a thousand percent right, nick.
Speaker 3:You know we don't hear enough of these stories. It seems like in today's world, in today's news, it's negative, negative, and all you hear is people fighting and there's nothing you know. First of all, I can't believe I didn't hear this story two years ago when it came out, and it took something like, you know, trump doing this to bring attention back around to it, which I think is awesome, because not only do you deserve that attention for this, like you said, if people can just get inspired by that, it just hopefully that just keeps paying it forward, paying it forward yeah, yeah, I think so it start.
Speaker 2:It all starts with um one person, and then one multiplies into two, two goes into four, four goes into 16. You know it all starts with you. You know each one of you at the table. You all start from this day on trying to be a better you than you was yesterday. You know people are gonna catch on and you'll see change, but it all starts with you, with us.
Speaker 4:And Nick, you're an inspiration and the perfect guest to be on. Try that in Small Town podcast, because that's how this whole thing started, because it's about small towns and people and big towns. Oh man, check it.
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, that's amazing. So I got a lot of Southern hospitality in me and talking to you guys, a little bit of my twang came out, a little bit I'm trying not to let it overflow or whatever, because trust me, you can't, you can't let that overflow too much no now we, we appreciate you, just because that's that's what we talk about and you know, kurt, it talks about all the time just just, you know, looking out for your neighbor, no matter where you are.
Speaker 4:That's exactly what you did and incredibly bold you. You know, this day and time, just going in anybody's house, I mean like in, it's always said, and Neil too, like I don't know how many people would have done that. I know a lot of people that kept driving that, that you, you might drive by and think man, I wonder if I should have done that.
Speaker 4:And then somebody texts you or something, and then you, you think of something totally different, but you went in and you actually did it. Yeah, it's really just amazing. That's that you're an inspiration, and it's cool that you can think about the, the movies that we watch, you know what your fantasy and sci-fi and everything, that you actually get inspired by that and say, hey, you know what I can do, that I can go save somebody, and you're not thinking about yourself at all, which, anyway, that's just amazing. You're an amazing man I appreciate that nick.
Speaker 3:We appreciate your time, brother, we're so thankful for you and, to reiterate what Kalo said, yeah, this show and this podcast has started from man. We just want to do a little bit of the right thing, look out for your neighbor, do something good for somebody, and you are the perfect example of that and we're honored to have you on brother.
Speaker 2:Thank you all very much. It was kind of you. Thanks for your time honored to have you on brother.
Speaker 4:Yo, thank you all very much. It was kind of you. Thanks for your time, brother, take care, brother, be blessed Nick.
Speaker 2:God bless Peace y'all.
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