South Carolina student dies after setting himself on fire at school

Dec. 13, 2010
16-year-old victim attended magnet school in North Charleston

From The Charleston Post-Courier: A student at Academic Magnet High School-School of the Arts in North Charleston, S.C., has died after he set himself on fire at the school. Students used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames engulfing classmate Aaron Williams, 16, as teachers then wrapped him with a blanket.
ALSO: The father of the student who set himself on fire near the school's front entrance this week says his son "was struck with a despair so dark that he could not see beyond it, in spite of the love, support and counseling he received." (The Charleston Post-Courier)

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