NBC Connecticut obtained video of police rescuing a man who said his stepmother had held him captive inside their home for 20 years.

Police say the man used hand sanitizer and a lighter to set the fire as a way to draw first responders and escape being locked in his room for two decades.

A 56-year-old woman has been accused of holding her stepson, 32, captive inside their seemingly idyllic Connecticut home for two decades—during which time authorities say she subjected him to the "worst treatment of humanity" that they have ever witnessed.