"It reminded me of what happened in the Vietnam war. I've seen videos of those things." Julie Berman said the man told her to "get away, get far away," just as he was about to light himself on fire.

Julie Berman, who witnessed the disturbing sequence, said she saw Azzarello being taken away on a stretcher. "His face was completely black," she said. Azzarello was rushed to Cornell Burn Center ...