Conn. police don't think dorm fire prank was funny

[RaVen Blackehart]

Police at Central Connecticut State University say three young men purposely burned popcorn in a dorm microwave, then tied students' doors shut to make them think they were trapped in a burning building.

Authorities arrested the three after the smoky prank early Monday at Vance Hall in New Britain. No one was hurt.

Charges including reckless endangerment and reckless burning were filed against two 18-year-old students from Wayne Valley, N.J., and Goshen, N.Y., and a former student from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who transferred to a Florida school.

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[Thinkgoat]

then tied students' doors shut to make them think they were trapped in a burning building

Um, not funny.

Maybe these students need to watch some 911 footage to see how far desperate people, for fear of burning to death, were willing to go. Leaping to their death - from a certain death. I still cannot overcome the horror and sickness that footage evokes in me.