The victim suffered severe second-degree burns on his face and had to have surgery.

He is now recovering at his home in Tifton, Georgia.

In that moment I was just mad, hurt, in shock.

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Everything, I was seeing red.

He was transported to the burn center in Augusta.

He had to have surgery.

Boiling water in a metal pot on a stove, related to a sleepover prank incident.

Of course, he is out of surgery and is recovering at home now.

But it is going to take him 12-14 days to heal, West continued.

The three boys, aged 12-15, are facing serious charges.

A comforting hand holds a child’s hand in a hospital bed after a sleepover prank accident.

Due to the extensive distance, the boys parents have had to stop working.

My brother and Tiffany have been out of work since this happened with all the traveling.

She needs to be here for him.

12-year-old boy in hospital bed after prank with hot water.

Mentally, he is gonna have to get counseling to be able to trust people again.

You got to be in shock to know your friends are capable of doing this to you.

Like somebody you trusted, its just horrible, the boys aunt added.

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He never thought something like this would happen to him.

Sadly, this isnt the first case of a prankgone wrong leading to a victimshospitalization.

I honestly thought he was gone.

A 12-year-old boy in a hospital bed after a hot water prank at a sleepover, covered with a blue blanket.

Its got to be stopped, theteens father, Rodney, said.

My belief is that it was a case of one kid doing something stupid to another kid.

The blackoutchallenge has been blamed for several deaths of teens and children in the world.

Exterior view of hospital building where 12-year-old boy treated after scalding water prank at sleepover.

They were at Topgolf, where staff had repeatedly warned them to stop messing around.

Any kid over 6 knows thats not a prank, a reader commented

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