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Nearly a year after three of his classmates allegedly poured rubbing alcohol over him and set him on fire, the Florida teen is speaking out against bullies. He has some friendly advice for anyone who is being harassed by other kids: Tell an adult.
"If you try to take it on yourself, they're going to do something even worse -- or kill you," Brewer told ABC News in an interview broadcast today.
The 15-year-old suffered burns over 65 percent of his body after police say three of this classmates at Deerfield Beach Middle School attacked him at an apartment complex over a dispute involving a $40 video game and a bicycle.
His arms and legs on fire, Brewer screamed and jumped into a swimming pool to try to extinguish the flames. His painful recovery took more than six months, and he underwent four skin grafts. Even such mundane tasks as taking a shower were "agony," he said.
His mother, Valerie Brewer, said her son almost died. "We almost lost him several times," she told ABC. "His kidneys started to fail. He had a problem with his heart. We were very lucky. I know it was his sheer will and determination to get better."
The three teens accused in the attack -- Denver Jarvis, Matthew Bent and Jesus Mendez -- are being charged as adults with attempted murder in the second degree. They could face 25 years to life in prison if they are convicted.
Deerfield Beach Middle School is the same school where a 15-year-old girl, Josie Ratley, was nearly beaten to death by a male classmate, also 15, who was angry about a text message. Brewer said the school was a horrible place.
"This school is terrible. I don't know why I went to this school," he told NBC's "Today" show in April.
Brewer said he feels "pretty good" about starting the academic year at his new school, which he has attended since April.
But, his mother noted, her son still has nightmares about the attack. "We hear him, he screams out in the middle of the night," Valerie Brewer told ABC.
She says bullying has to end. "We have got to take a stand," she said. "These children are our future. Do we really want this to be our future?"
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