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Thursday, May 03, 2012

Student Left in Cell 4 Days Recalls Hallucinations

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A college student picked up in a drug sweep in California was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead he was forgotten in a holding cell for four days and says he had to drink his own urine to stay alive.

Without food, water or access to a toilet, Daniel Chong began hallucinating on the third day.

He told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that he saw little Japanese-style cartoon characters that told him to dig into the walls to find water. Chong tore apart the plastic lining on the walls.

"I ripped the walls and waited for the room to flood for some reason," said the 23-year-old University of California, San Diego, student, three days after he left the hospital where he was treated for dehydration and kidney failure. "I can't explain my hallucinations too well because none of them make sense."

Later he added, "I felt like I was completely losing my mind."

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

While not a true innocent person, based on his admissions this is rediculous and the govt should and most likely will make him a millionaire.

Anonymous said...

Every officer connected with this should be fire and tried for attempted murder!

lmclain said...

Servin' and protectin'....

Anonymous said...

sounds like he was ON DRUGS