WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS IMAGES THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTURBING. A college student who survived a campus fire that killed five is learning to live as a burn survivor. After 32 surgeries, he insists on seeing the beauty in life and has started a fire safety nonprofit called “Brighter Than the Fire” to help others avoid preventable tragedies. Zachary Sutterfield, 23, is a full-time student from San Angelo, Texas. Three years ago on July 20, 2018, he was staying at Texas State University’s Iconic Village Apartments, preparing for junior year, when he woke in the early hours of the morning to a blazing fire—the deadliest in San Marcos’s recorded history. Zach leaped from a second-story window and landed on his head, his clothes and body burning. He was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center. Pronounced dead on arrival, he was successfully resuscitated but needed half his skull removed to reduce brain swelling. …
Student Who Was Pronounced Dead After College Fire Survives, Starts Fire Safety Nonprofit to Help Others
November 24, 2021
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