Watch this Cheddar News video for the incredible story of 25-year-old Nicholas Bostic who became a hometown hero after helping five children escape their burning home in Lafayette, Ind. The kids are all OK, but Bostic suffered burns, cuts and smoke inhalation. Bostic’s cousins set up a GoFundMe with a $100,000 goal to help him pay medical bills — and donations have topped $500,000. As a firefighter told Bostic after the rescue, “You did good, dude.”

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we know the world can be tough sometimes with what seems like endless mind numbing news. So to take a break, we'd like to tell you about one good thing happening in the world today on Cheddars news wrap, today's good thing highlights. One young boy who has doubled his life expectancy and uplifts others while doing so, Jacob walker was diagnosed with a very unusual form of dwarfism when he was just five months old, his parents were told he would not survive his first few months and that if he did, he would never walk, he would need help breathing and he would likely not live past the age of five. But as the years rolled on, Jacob proved those doctors wrong, he's walking, he's breathing on his own and he's made it to age 12. Jacob who now stands about 2.5 ft tall, knows that he's different. His mom said quote, there was a time when he wanted to build a shrink ray to make everyone small like him. He hated when kids called him a baby because of his size, but we got through that end quote, but as he gone through each obstacle, he's realized one main passion of his, he says there's lots of ways you can feel different, but every kid matters and I want to help them. Jacob has a facebook page that now has over 250,000 followers. His bio reads tiny with pizzas dancing, my way into hearts one song at a time, he's become a public figure online after he started uploading dance videos to quote encourage others and bring smiles to people. That's according to a his dad, he loves to share videos of himself breaking out into energetic dance moves on social media every day, but it's not just the dancing catching people's attention. He shares meaningful advice as well. His followers and fans let him know how happy he makes them with each post, reminding him that he's an inspiration to us all and encouraging him to quote, keep on dancing. This video is caption, words of encouragement can be so uplifting, use them generously and sincerely. Others say things like, remember you are a special person and take on each day with everything you've got.