The article recounts the harrowing experience of a 32-year-old man rescued from years of captivity. Found by firefighters and taken into an ambulance, he spoke about being locked away by his father and stepmother for nearly two decades. During the ride, he revealed shocking details of his neglect, including living in unsanitary conditions and not receiving any medical care. Weighing only 68 pounds at 5'9", this was his first time out of confinement since childhood, highlighting the severity of his ordeal and the impact of prolonged abuse.
As the ambulance sped toward the hospital, emergency medical technicians administered oxygen; one reflexively commented on the overpowering smell.
It had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower, he said. A police officer in the vehicle leaned in.
He had spent most of his life held captive by his father and stepmother, who locked him in his room for some 23 hours a day.
The ride in the ambulance, he said, was the first time he had been let out of the house since he was 12.
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