Mayor Cory Booker on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2012  (©  Stacie McChesney/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Newark's hero mayor saves second person in 3 months

6/23/2012

​​If Newark Mayor Cory Booker isn't a real-life superhero, he's fooling us. The New Jersey politician jumped into action when he happened upon the scene of accident Friday where a pedestrian had been hit by a car. Booker got water and ice for the victim, and waited until paramedics arrived, reminding us that he saved a neighbor from a burning building in April. Booker tweeted about the rescue, leading @thomasjschultz to ask "Are you always in the right place at the right time?" Close, but no (victory) cigar: the Newark-based New Jersey Devils could have used him in their recent Stanley Cup Finals loss.

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