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Two young gay metro Atlanta men are recovering from serious burns after they were attacked by a disgruntled family friend who poured boiling water on them as they slept.

The attack caused second- and third-degree burns on the necks, backs and arms of Anthony Gooden, 23, and Marquez Tolbert, 21, and sent them to Grady Memorial Hospital. Tolbert was hospitalized for 10 days after the incident and Gooden was released on Friday, some five weeks after the Feb. 12 incident.

"We woke up to boiling hot water," Tolbert said. "I started screaming uncontrollably and I was pulled out of the house. We ran to the neighbors and called the police."

"We were just burning. My body was just stinging. It was like a really, really severe kind of stinging. I could hardly think straight," Tolbert added.

Tolbert (top photo) said that he and Gooden left work at a nearby warehouse at about 7 a.m. on Feb. 12 and went to the Alexandria Landing apartment in College Park where Gooden lived with his mom. The two regularly spent time at the apartment and often slept there overnight during the nearly six weeks they dated.

They were asleep on a mattress in the living room when Martin Luther Blackwell, 48, arrived. Blackwell was dating Gooden's mom but didn't live at the apartment. He spotted the two men asleep and attacked them, according to an incident report from the College Park Police Department.

Blackwell allegedly told police that he couldn't stand to see the two men sleeping together.

"They was stuck together like two hot dogs, so I poured a little hot water on them and helped them out," Blackwell told investigators. "They was stuck like two hot dogs. They'll be alright, it was just a little hot water."

Police arrested Blackwell (bottom photos) on two counts of aggravated battery. He remains in the Fulton County Jail without bond.

Tolbert said that prior to the attack, Blackwell seemed to get along with him and Gooden. A few days before the incident, Tolbert even drove Blackwell to a nearby Lowe's for some supplies, he said.

"He seemed like a normal person. I had no idea anything like this would happen at all. This caught me completely by surprise. I didn't know what was going on and I couldn't believe the pain I was feeling at the time," Tolbert said.

Tolbert said he's glad to see that Blackwell is being held in jail without bond.

"I wouldn't have felt very safe to know that he is out in the streets awaiting trial," Tolbert said.

A family friend of Tolbert's launched a Go Fund Me campaign after the attack to help raise funds to pay for medical expenses. Some 45 people have donated $1,280 to Marquez's Burn Recovery Fund since it was created on Feb. 28. Organizers hope to raise $30,000.

Tolbert said he's thankful for the donations and help from others.

"It gives you that feeling that not everybody in the world is bad. I am just glad there are people out there that care enough that they want to help," he said.

With his recovery slowly progressing, Tolbert said he hoped to eventually return to work. The constant pain has given way to severe itching across the injured parts of his body.

"I'm still recovering but I am moving a lot more normally at this point. I don't know if I'm OK to go back to work yet but I am recovering quite nicely considering," he said.

"At this point, I am taking it day by day. I am getting a plan together because I want to go back to school. This incident has opened a couple of doors in my head for me. I have been thinking about the medical field and public speaking and helping those who have been through similar situations. Not everybody recovers as quickly as I do mentally and emotionally. I feel I could help somebody," Tolbert added.

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[charlie.]

OMG wtf!

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Blackwell allegedly told police that he couldn't stand to see the two men sleeping together.

"They was stuck together like two hot dogs, so I poured a little hot water on them and helped them out," Blackwell told investigators. "They was stuck like two hot dogs. They'll be alright, it was just a little hot w

Wtf 

[Nine]

 

[GLOCK]

I know his mother is going through it

[Kurama]

Sad af

[Cocoa]

Not sis sneaking into the apartment, boiling a pot of water, and pouring it on these 2 fags in the middle of the night.

Wake AWP! 

[MAY]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

[GLOCK]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

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U think he was sleeping with the boy boyfriend?

[MAY]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

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U think he was sleeping with the boy boyfriend?

I feel like he might have wanted to MESS on the low, but they didn't use. So he got bitter & crazy.

I could be wrong tho

[GLOCK]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

!
U think he was sleeping with the boy boyfriend?

I feel like he might have wanted to MESS on the low, but they didn't use. So he got bitter & crazy.

I could be wrong tho

hmm
i think ur on to sumn 

[AIDS!]

Jjjjj
I got that feeling as well
Gotta be careful
These days the gorls are throwing acids, hot oil and boiling water at people

[XXXI]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

Why?  homophobic Black men do cruel shit. I can't tell you how many Black trannies have been killed in Baltimore just for walking down the street. He was probably disgusted seeing them laying together.

[MAY]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

Why?  homophobic Black men do cruel shit. I can't tell you how many Black trannies have been killed in Baltimore just for walking down the street. He was probably disgusted seeing them laying together.

Homophobic PEOPLE do cruel shit all the time. I agree.

I just have a feeling there's more to it.

[KING BENTLEY.]

I kinda feel like there's more to this story.

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U think he was sleeping with the boy boyfriend?

I feel like he might have wanted to MESS on the low, but they didn't use. So he got bitter & crazy.

I could be wrong tho

immediately what I thought

His response was a retarded cover-up, but I ddn't get hate crime from it. more scorned

I feel like a hate crime would've been less thought out. This nigger boiled water and waited.