There was a little country schoolhouse that was heated by an old-fashioned, potbellied coal stove. A little boy named Glenn had the job of coming to school early each day and starting the fire to warm up the building. One morning the teacher arrived only to find the building engulfed in flames. Misatking gasoline for karosene Glenn and his brother Floyd has ignited an inferno. The teacher who just arrived, along with other students, got Glenn out in time but his brother didn't make it. Glenn had major burns on the lower half of his body. He was taken to a nearby hospital where the doctor told his mother that he probably wouldn't live. "It's for the best," he said, "Because he is so badly burned."

The bra…