He immediately knew that he had to do something.
His mother, Sheila, was bedridden and had no way to leave the apartment.
Jermaine first tried the front door but was blocked by police.
They said the elevators are not working.
I said, No problem.
I’ll take the steps.
I just want to check that my mothermy mother is sick, she’s bedridden.
So I need to get up there, Jermainetolda local news outlet.
They were like, We can’t let you in.'
I took it upon myself because that’s my mother.
There’s no limits.
That’s my mother.
Despite the pain of his injury, adrenaline took over, and he began his climb.
When I grabbed a gate, at the top of the gate, there was a ledge.
He eventually made it to his mother, who was shocked to see him on her balcony.
As the fire was contained, she was ok, and so Jermaine climbed back down the way came.
Video footage followed his every move, and he was celebrated as a real-life Spider-man.
Though he doesn’t have any superhero training, Jermaine worked as a roofer and a construction worker.
That, combined with him being an adventurous child, gave him plenty of climbing experience.
As kids we used to jump roofs, he said.
Glad I had the practice.
