Acid Attack Victim Using TV “Millionaire” Money for More Surgery
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Sonali Mukherjee, the 27-year-old acid attack victim who went on India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to win big, told ABC News she plans to use her first prize money to finance more reconstructive surger…
Pakistani Parents Attack Daughter with Acid for Talking to Boy
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ISLAMABAD) — Pakistani parents in a remote village allegedly killed their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid all over her face and body after they caught her talking to an unknown boy, according to local police and hospital of…
NJ Roofer Falls 40 Feet into Acid Tank
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CLIFTON, N.J.) — A roof contractor took a dangerous tumble when he fell 40 feet into a vat of acid in Clifton, N.J., on Monday.According to Clifton Fire Chief Vincent Colavitti, 44-year-old Martin Davis was working on the roof o…
Feds Investigate Dangerous Acid Leak at Texas Citgo Refinery
Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — A hydrofluoric acid leak at a Citgo refinery in Texas this week has spurred an additional investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board into the site — the same site that is …