The Hulett Street Fire

Ten years ago, a Schenectady man and three of his young children died in a horrific house fire in Hamilton Hill. A 5-year-old child named Sa'fyre Terry miraculously survived the blaze, albeit with severe, disfiguring burns. She would go on to make national headlines two years later, when her aunt's social media post asking for Christmas cards on behalf of her niece went viral — cards came in from President Barack Obama and Beyoncé, among many others. Investigators say the fire on Hulett Street was arson. But after 10 years, and a great deal of perjury convictions by players involved with the Terry family, there are no official culprits. On this episode of "The Eagle," cops and courts reporter Robert Gavin looks back at the case. Also on this episode, reporter Larry Rulison gives us an update on the first week of Nauman Hussain's trial in Schoharie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices