A demon radiator turned an Upper East Side apartment into a steam room from hell.<\/p>\n
A video of it spewing boiling water has become a viral sensation, racking up 9 million views for giving an influencer the scare of her life \u2014 and prompting a visit from the FDNY.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, Sam Souder woke up to a strange sound coming from her roommate\u2019s bedroom \u2014 and when she went in to investigate, came face to face with the hot-tempered heater<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was shaking and pulsating and leaking and it was really loud. Like it was just angry,\u201d Souder told The Post.<\/p>\n Souder, 27, a New Jersey native who moved into the prewar walkup in October with two roommates, took out her phone to capture the hateful hunk of metal.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main reason I was videoing actually, was to show my roommates because I wanted them to come home. I didn\u2019t want them to think I was being dramatic,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n Her roomies called the building\u2019s super, who instructed to keep the radiator\u2019s valve open<\/a> while she waited for him to arrive.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I went to turn the valve, it just flew off from the pressure. That\u2019s when it started unloading with the water,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n Just minutes later, her second-floor apartment filled with so much steam, she couldn\u2019t see in front of her.<\/p>\n \u201cI opened all the windows that I could and opened my door and I called my dad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Upper East Side influencer Sam Souder went viral for filming her roommate\u2019s radiator, which turned her apartment into a scary steam bath. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n She then called the FDNY.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are like, \u2018Why would you call the fire department?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Because I was getting burned!’\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fire department that came was very helpful and very kind. And they did tell me that it was a good thing that I called.\u201d<\/p>\n The firemen saved the day by shutting \u201ca valve on the bottom that cuts the water,\u201d Souder recalled.<\/p>\n The maintenance man the building hired to fix it explained that a possible reason for the radiator\u2019s reaction was that her roommate had been turning it on and off, which is not advised.<\/p>\n The temperamental radiator became a viral sensation, racking up more than 9 million views. Sam Souder\/ Instagram<\/p>\n The next day, Souder, who also works as model, decided to post the video she had taken of the unhinged heater along with one of the FDNY arriving on her Instagram page<\/a> \u2014 never thinking it would become such a hot topic.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are you complaining\u00a0you just got a free steam room,\u201d one commenter asked.<\/p>\n \u201cNYC apts are not for the weak,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n Someone else joked that Souder, who pays $2,300 a month in rent, may now see an increase.<\/p>\n \u201cLandlord raises rent for steam room amenity,\u201d they quipped.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople were so funny. Someone was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, You\u2019d better not have any wrinkles in any of the clothes in your closet,’\u201d Souder said, laughing.<\/p>\n Souder even connected with the wife of one of the firemen in the video. Sam Souder\/ Instagram<\/p>\n Through the post, she also made two new friends.<\/p>\n \u201cI was reached out to by the girl who lived in the apartment before me, which was cool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then the wife of the main firefighter in the video reached out to me too. She was like, \u2018He\u2019s very private and doesn\u2019t have social media. But a friend of ours showed us this video and it made his whole year.’\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t