Yeah, I was pretty haunted by the story after I heard it and then researched the history. We're not entirely sure if it's a true story or not (I certainly HOPE it's made up) since the author of the original letter was a "mail artist" who would tell all kinds of outlandish tales of varying levels of truth.



Fact is, it is entirely within the realms of reality. 1970's burn wards weren't the best and imagining an ER patient unbandaged and being forced to sit upright for hours at a time isn't too out there for the time.