I am the founder of BSTTW and also a burn survivor. In May 1998, I pulled over in my car to take a rest. I was a cigarette smoker at that time in my life. I read the bible and smoked a cigarette. I thought that I put out the cigarette before I went to sleep. Unfortunately, I was wrong and I woke up to me and the car on fire. My legs below the knees were in flames. I rolled down the window in the car and then opened the door and got out. I knew that I needed to put the fire on my body out before I burned down to nothing. So I reentered the car to get a gallon bottle of water I had in the car. As I reentered the car, my face, neck and right hand took heat impact and suffered 2nd degree burns. Fortunately, I did put the fire out on body and was able to walk away from the car. I got about 50 yards away from the car and sat down. The windows of the car began to explode. I waited for about 15 minutes until a local driver saw the fire, made a phone call and came over to see what was happening. He and another gentleman helped me get up and walk over to his truck. He opened up the back of the truck and had me sit and wait for the paramedics to arrive. About 10 more minutes passed. The paramedics show up and began to remove my shoes, socks and cut my pants to see the damage. I suffered 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th degree burns. I was asked to get up and walk over to the ambulance. I tried to stand and my legs could not hold me up. The walk away from the car when it was on fire was the last time I walked for 2 1/2 years. After medical treatment, surgeries, medical equipment and a lot of rehabilitation, I was able to walk again. Due to the burn injury my life changed forever.