New York Post By William Farrington, Tina Moore, David Meyer and Joe Marino
A homeless man who had been set on fire while he slept inside a Manhattan stairwell has died of his injuries, police said.
Video obtained by The Post of the harrowing Nov. 5 attack shows the blaze slowly engulf the unidentified victimâs body, after his attacker took a handheld lighter to the manâs left leg at Samuel Gompers Houses on Pitt Street.
The attacker flees, and a second man walks over and by the victim as the flames build and fumes engulf the stairway, according to the footage. The victimâs body is entirely inflamed within moments.
