Child victim tells judge: 'I'm mad that I'm burned'

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They were left with swollen, scarred hands, arms, legs and faces.

They're just 8 and 5, but the Reyes sisters were burned so badly in a 2008 arson fire, they still cannot go into the sunlight.


As part of her victim impact statement, Ariel Reyes, 8, drew a before-and-after self-portrait. On Thursday, Ariel and her 5-year-old sister asked the judge to send the couple who set fire to their apartment to jail.


For 23 hours a day, they wear clear masks and special garments to help heal their tender skin.

On Thursday, in an emotional hearing that left even the judge and court reporter dabbing their tears, the two little girls personally pleaded to put away the people who started a fire that nearly killed them.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2669356,CST-NWS-arson03.article