The Neighbor Who Watched the House Burn

In September 1998, a family in Greenville, South Carolina returned from vacation to find their home gutted by an electrical fire. But what devastated them more than the flames was what the security camera revealed. Their neighbor, Dale Hendricks, had stood on his porch watching the smoke pour from the windows. He never dialed 911. Instead, he walked to the property line and collected the garden tools he had long coveted as they tumbled from the collapsing garage.…