Falsely imprisoned and forced to drink own urine: A San Diego economics student has received a $4.1m compensation payout after being abandoned in a jail cell for days, forcing him to drink his own urine to survive. What was meant to be fun night at a friend's house party turned into a four-day nightmare for Daniel Chong, although he was never even formally arrested.<br /><br />On April 21 last year DEA agents conducted a drug raid during the party and detained several people.<br /><br />An officer told Chong he would not be charged and said, according to Chong, "hold tight, we'll come get you in a minute."<br /><br />But no-one came. Increasingly anxious, he screamed for guards' attention and tried to set of a fire sprinkler.<br /><br />Dehydrated and desperate, he urinated on his cell's metal bench and drank what he could.<br /><br />Days into his torment and in darkness he began hallucinating, believing he was being gassed to death. He broke his glasses and used a shard to being scratching a final message to his mom before officers realized their mistake.<br /><br />He spent five days in hospital recovering from dehydration, kidney failure and a perforated oesophagus. He was also diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. <br /><br />The DEA has apologized but no-one will be prosecuted as no malicious intent was found. <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
