Hero Charlotte Hornets basketball star Frank Kaminsky, 25, carries a baby down 49 stories as his high rise building is evacuated for a bomb threat
- Basketball player Frank Kaminsky, 25, helped carry a neighbor’s baby down 49 flights of stairs on Thursday when his high rise building was evacuated
- His Charlotte apartment was told to evacuate in response to a bomb threat
- On his way down the stairs he saw mom Liz Prakash struggle to carry her baby and her dog
- Kaminsky stepped in and carried the tot down to safety
- He added that he lived in the building for the past four years and knew the mother who was in need
Basketball star Frank Kaminsky of the Charlotte Hornets proved that he’s much more than an athlete – he’s a Good Samaritan too.
The 25-year-old athlete was playing the video game Fornite and eating Cheez-Its in his North Carolina high rise on Thursday afternoon when the fire alarm suddenly went off.
When residents of the building were told to evacuate in response to a bomb threat, he bolted towards the stairs.
On his way down he saw a neighbor frantically trying to evacuate while carrying a baby, holding her dog, and juggling a couple of other items in her arms.
Basketball player Frank Kaminsky, 25, helped carry a neighbor’s baby down 49 flights of stairs on Thursday when his high rise building was evacuated
The 6’11 Charlotte Hornets center says his apartment was evacuated in response to a bomb threat on Thursday
That’s when Kaminsky stepped into save the day and carry the baby down 49 flights of stairs.
‘I had to walk down 49 stories because they shut off the elevators. Instead of grabbing my keys and my wallet, I grabbed a box of Cheez-Its for the long journey down,’ he said.
‘About three stories down, there was a lady with a baby and a dog and a couple of other things she had to carry, so I just helped her carry the baby,’ he added to the Charlotte Observer.
For Kaminsky, lending a helping hand was a no-brainer.
He added that he lived in the building for the past four years and knew the mother who was in need.
‘I’m just a Good Samaritan, not a hero,’ Kaminsky said.
The bomb threat was one of several that were called in around Charlotte on Thursday.
‘About three stories down, there was a lady with a baby and a dog and a couple of other things she had to carry, so I just helped her carry the baby,’ he said
He took to Twitter to talk about the bizarre experience saying ‘Did not think I would be carrying a baby down 50 flights of stairs today during a bomb threat at my building today’
He joked he made a new friend by carrying the baby boy down the stairs and ‘got in a good work out’
Mom Liz Prakash joked that she carried his box of Cheez-Its and he carried her baby
He and his fellow highrise neighbors were stranded on the street for a while and were eventually let back in after no bomb was detected.
He joked he waited for the elevators to be reactivated before going back in.
‘I’m not walking back up 49 floors. That’s just not a thing that’s going to happen,’ he said.
Afterwards he tweeted: ‘Did not think I would be carrying a baby down 50 flights of stairs today during a bomb threat at my building today. But it happened. How was your day?’
Mom Liz Prakash thanked Kaminsky by posting a sweet Instagram of the 6’11 giant carrying her baby boy.
‘Huge shout out to [Kaminsky] for carrying one sleeping baby down 44 flights of stairs,’ she wrote.