Only in America: The beer you're willing to die for

A man rescues his Bud Light stash from a burning building — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

The beer you're willing to die for
(Image credit: Facebook/Bud Light)

After helping his family escape from a burning house, a Georgia man raced back into the flames to save his stash of Bud Light. "I went back into the house like a dummy," said Walter Serpit. "I was trying to get my beer out. You feel me?"

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Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.