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Fritz Sam is being hailed a hero after he 'saved a life' and still managed to get his passenger to the airport on time.

Calling, come on up, and at some point he came up, he was kind of wobbly. i held his arm and walked to the door and that's when the police came in and grabbed him and the firefighters came in at the same time with the water hose. i got out of the way and let the professionals do their thing. i was afraid, i'm not going to lie. i was afraid. things go through your mind when you're in there, like explosions. >> fritz, we only have 20 seconds left. the ceo of uber has called you a hero. what does it feel like to be called a hero? >> you know, it's weird, because all i thought was i'm doing the ri...

An uber driver turns into a superhero. fritz sam was taking a passenger to the airport when he saw a four-story building on fire. he couldn't just drive by, so he ran in. fritz sam joins us live from brooklyn, new york. this is such an incredible story. first of all, you asked your passenger if she would mind if you pulled over to run out and help rescue people. i think a lot of people might have just called 911 and waited for firefighters to show up. why did you feel compelled to run inside this building that was on fire? >> first of all, thank you, alex, for having me. i'll tell you, i had n...

A LaGuardia Uber driver saw a brownstone burning in Brooklyn and stopped to help.

Fritz Sam said it was a split-second decision to stop his cab and run into a brownstone at 489 Classon Ave.