Beatrice Brewington Smith

Sae's Broken Wings: My Sister's Story Beatrice Brewington Smith

"My emotions were all over the place, I could not even think straight and I began to lose all sense of reasoning. I became totally out of control and as a result I poured kerosene on myself, struck a match, and my body was in flames. I was burning!

I remember screaming and screaming. I remember him waking up. When he woke up, he stood up and looked at me and the flames were all over my body. I don't know if he was in shock, if he was trying to figure out what to do, or if he was trying to decide if he wanted to let me burn."




-Excerpt from Sae's Broken Wings