A Florida man decided to take matters into his own hands and lit his bed on fire because he felt ignored at a local hospital Saturday.
According to Click Orlando, John King confessed to New Smyrna Beach Police officers that he set a plastic bag on fire in order to seek attention from one of the nurses of AdventHealth. King stated that he asked the staff to bring his clothes multiple times and thought the fire would catch their attention while his roommate was present.
The roommate told investigators that he witnessed King light an object on fire and tried to convince him to put it out. Unfortunately, when he returned to his bed the roommate saw King relight the fire and pressed the emergency button.
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A criminal complaint showed that the roommate told the nurses that “The (curse) in here lit his bed on fire. I can’t breathe. The smoke is in the room.”
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A nurse who saw the fire in the room yelled “Fire. There’s a fire” and ran to a nearby station to call 911 while another ran into the room then attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher. She noticed King trying to escape the floor and notified other staff members to restrain him until the police arrived at the scene.
Authorities charged King with arson and records show he was originally hospitalized for respiratory failure.