This is the harrowing moment that a son who was locked up by his stepmother was set free after 20 years, thanks to a blessing in disguise.

Sources from local media outlets shared how he was rescued after the home caught on fire, where he was allegedly locked up for two decades.

The shocking footage showed how the 32-year-old was carried to safety from the flaming building in Waterbury in Connecticut.

As per the cops, the man purposefully began the fire on February 17 as his only chance to escape from the house of horrors.

As per the cops, he was stuck in the same place since he was in fourth grade, where he lived inside an 8-foot-by-9-foot room where she shoved in and didn’t allow him to escape.

Now, the stepmother who goes by the name Kimberly Sullivan is facing charges of child abuse, starvation, neglect, and inhumane treatment.

As per the authorities, the man was only 69 pounds while his height was 5 feet 9 inches during his rescue. The shocking video sees first responders asking her who else is inside and that’s when she admits that her stepson and two cats were also there and needed to be rescued.