The Newark, New Jersey mayor — already lionized in some corners for his good deeds — added to his list of praiseworthy actions on last night when he raced into a burning home to help save a woman trapped inside.

Cory Booker said he contemplated jumping from a second story window, but escaped down a staircase instead.

The woman, his neighbor of six years, suffered second-degree burns on her neck and back. Booker got away with only minor burns and smoke inhalation.

"We should give a lot more credit to our firefighters," he told the LA Times, after he experienced that kind of terror.

(READ the story and listen to the interview at the LA Times)

Cory Booker said he contemplated jumping from a second story window, but escaped down a staircase instead.

The woman, his neighbor of six years, suffered second-degree burns on her neck and back. Booker got away with only minor burns and smoke inhalation.

"We should give a lot more credit to our firefighters," he told the LA Times, after he experienced that kind of terror.

(READ the story and listen to the interview at the LA Times)