{"id":571204,"date":"2026-02-06T19:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/571204\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:46:12","slug":"bethany-magee-woman-set-on-fire-on-cta-blue-line-train-by-lawrence-reed-officials-say-released-from-stroger-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/571204\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethany MaGee, woman set on fire on CTA Blue Line train by Lawrence Reed, officials say, released from Stroger Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A woman who <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/family-ids-woman-set-fire-cta-bethany-magee-officials-question-electronic-monitoring-system-lawrence-reed-arrest\/18209684\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was set on fire on a CTA Blue Line train<\/a> back in November is now out of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bethany MaGee released a statement, saying she was released from Stroger Hospital on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She thanked hospital staff for their care as she celebrates this milestone in her recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The statement reads, &#8220;Yesterday marked an important step in my recovery, as I was discharged from Cook County Health Stroger Hospital. My family and I are grateful to be able to celebrate this milestone, and we want to sincerely thank everyone who has offered support, kindness, and encouragement during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">I am especially thankful to the burn team at Stroger Hospital for their exceptional care, compassion, and expertise, as well as for the support they showed my family throughout my hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">I kindly ask for continued respect for my privacy and that of my family, as I focus on my recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Magee was riding the train in the Loop when Lawrence Reed allegedly attacked her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Reed faces both state and federal charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A woman who was set on fire on a CTA Blue Line train back in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":571205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[248350,248344,155773,248347,226667,211053,248349,960,211058,5463,5461,8447,5462,248348,178756,248346,186938,143497,5386,1818,248345,8448,108075],"class_list":["post-571204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-248350","tag-bethany-magee","tag-blue-line","tag-blue-line-arson","tag-blue-line-chicago","tag-blue-line-fire","tag-blue-line-train","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-blue-line","tag-chicago-breaking-news","tag-chicago-crime","tag-chicago-loop","tag-chicago-news","tag-cta-arson","tag-cta-blue-line","tag-cta-crime","tag-cta-fire","tag-cta-train","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-lawrence-reed","tag-the-loop","tag-woman-set-on-fire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116025411738153055","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}