He Broke Into A School After Class, But Everyone Is Saying That He Is A True Hero…

A man who got stuck in his car and broke into the school during the deadly Buffalo blizzard is being hailed as a hero.

As a deadly blizzard barreled through New York on Christmas, some people found themselves stranded on snow-covered roads. Among those trapped was 27-year-old, Jay Withey, a mechanic who ventured out to help a stranded friend. But while on the road in Cheektowaga town, he found himself contending with snow several feet tall.

Over the course of the night, he tried seeking help from nearby houses. However, at the end of the night, he committed a final act of desperation to save himself and more than 20 others from the brutal storm.

According to CNN, Withey was stuck in the storm with a stranger, Mike, to who he had offered a ride. He told the outlet that he knocked on several houses and requested them to let him and Mike inside. He even offered upwards of $500 to sleep on the floor, however, everyone turned them away.

The pair then tried to call the police but received no help. Withey also helped an elderly woman named Mary, who knocked on his car and asked for help.

On Christmas Eve, Withey journeyed through the snow to Pine Hill School after his car began running low on fuel, and broke a window to get himself inside, per the report. Then, he went back to others who were stranded and needed help.

“My mission was just to keep going out and grabbing as many people as I can and to just keep going,” Withey said, according to reports. “I just kept walking, and I walked until I cried and I couldn’t walk any further. I was just beat.”

Withey said he had slept in his truck “with two strangers” before venturing to the school, and that seven elderly individuals were stuck and out of fuel as well.

“I had to do it to save everyone and get them shelter and food and a bathroom,” he added.

Upon a review of security footage, the CPD reported a heartwarming sight: “people taking care of people.”

Some of those sheltering from the storm had retrieved smart boards from classrooms in order to watch the news for updates, according to the department. Kids were using the gym to play, and the visitors “only ate what was necessary to stay alive.”

“When they were finally able to leave safely, you never would have known anyone was there,” the CPD said, noting that everything was put back where it was found.

“This group of amazing people took care of each other and the building they found shelter in,” the department added.

The Cheektowaga Police Department said it learned of the forced entry after a keyholder for the school was alerted to the broken glass on Friday. An officer was not able to reach the school until everyone had left the premises — but he did find a note that Withey had left behind.

“I’m terribly sorry about breaking the school window and for breaking in the kitchen,” Withey wrote in the note, as seen in a photo shared by the CPD on Facebook.

Police initially dubbed him “Merry Christmas Jay” after he reportedly spent last Friday evening in a truck in the town of Cheektowaga outside of Buffalo and then spent the next morning helping people out of cars that were buried in the snow and getting them shelter.

A Buffalo man was able to rescue himself and 24 others during last week’s snowstorm by breaking into a local school.

On Friday police announced they had identified “Merry Christmas Jay.”

“We identified the amazing Jay with the help of his friends and family! Our chief was able to meet with him and express our gratitude for his heroic actions,” the Cheektowaga police department wrote in a tweet.

Sources: AWM, CNN