Newark Mayor Cory Booker was taken to a hospital last night after he rushed into his neighbor’s burning home and helped pull two people to safety, a spokeswoman said.

The drama began at 9:50 p.m. when Booker arrived home after a television appearance and saw the house next door on fire.

The Fire Department had not yet arrived, so Booker did his best Superman impression and sprang into action, entering the house and rescuing a woman trapped in a bedroom.

Today on CBS This Morning, Booker said that he actually had to convince Detective Alex Rodriguez, whom he was with, to let him in the house, and noted that their pounding on the door actually alerted the residents that their house was on fire. . .