debut: 11/14/02
199,469 runs
I give up
So glad he survived his escape.
So glad he survived his escape.
A 32-year-old man, later identified as Sullivan’s stepson, had to be assisted out of the home by the Waterbury Fire Department. He suffered smoke inhalation and exposure injuries from the fire.
When speaking to first responders, he said he intentionally set the fire in his upstairs room, stating, “I wanted my freedom.”
“He lit a fire with some hand sanitizer, some paper from a printer, and he lit that fire while he was locked in that room from the outside. He lit that fire very well knowing he could die, but he had been locked in the room for 20 years, and for 20 years he’d been trying to get out of that room,” a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.
When speaking to first responders, he said he intentionally set the fire in his upstairs room, stating, “I wanted my freedom.”
“He lit a fire with some hand sanitizer, some paper from a printer, and he lit that fire while he was locked in that room from the outside. He lit that fire very well knowing he could die, but he had been locked in the room for 20 years, and for 20 years he’d been trying to get out of that room,” a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.
