A random attack by a drunk stranger has completely changed the life of 53-year-old Jose Gonzalez , leaving him in constant pain and with little prospect of ever working again . The paving worker from Homestead , Florida was napping in his work car nearly two years ago , waiting for two co-workers to finish drinking at a bar in Marathon when a drunk patron came outside and set the propane tanks in the back of the truck on fire . Surveillance footage shows the moment then 26-year-old Stuart Collins pulled out a Bic lighter and sparked the flame that then engulfed the truck in flames . WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES : Scroll down for video . Life changed completely : Jose Gonzalez of Homestead , Florida received third-degree burns to 68 per cent of his body in a July 2013 attack by a stranger . Spark : The 53-year-old was sleeping in his work truck , waiting for two coworkers to finish up drinking at a Marathon , Florida bar when a drunk man came out and set propane tanks in the back of the vehicle on fire . Engulfed in flames : The married father-of-one woke up to flames eating away at his clothes , and was on fire for an excruciating 11 minutes . Suspect : Stuart Collins , now 29 , was arrested for setting the car on fire . He is being held on $ 1.05 million bond for charges of attempted second-degree murder , second-degree arson and criminal mischief . Gonzalez says he woke up to his clothes on fire , but was lucky enough to escape the truck by himself before help arrived . However , the flames had spread too fast and he suffered covered in fire for 11 minutes - leaving him with third-degree burns on 68 per cent of his body . Gonzalez spent the following six months after the July 12 , 2013 attack in the hospital , going in and out of a coma while he underwent some 15 surgeries . 'It changed everything . I am a useless man on a bed , ' Gonzalez said in Spanish to CBS Miami . 'Why did he do this ? We do n't know each other . He did this for no reason , ' Gonzalez said of Collins . 'It seems like he just became enraged and lit the truck on fire and unfortunately I was inside sleeping and he set me on fire . It changed my life forever . ' Now he 's speaking out as he plans to file a lawsuit against the owners of J.J. 's Doghouse , the bar that continued to serve Collins . 'If there would have been security , this could have been avoided and I would n't be burnt , ' Gonzalez told Local 10 . The Gonzalez family 's lawyer Jason Brenner cited surveillance footage which shows Collins entering the bar that night , claiming the video proves the young man was clearly intoxicated . Lawsuit : The Gonzalez family plans to sue the bar that continued to serve Collins . Collins seen above in a white shirt , stumbling around , in surveillance footage from just before the explosion . Fault : Gonzalez says if J.J. 's Doghouse had security protocols in place , they might have prevented Collins from causing harm . Charred : Above , a photo released by the Monroe County Sheriff 's Office shows the charred remains of Gonzalez 's work truck . 'This was a very small bar in terms of space , and where this incident took place , it was but three feet from the back door , and this was an area where people always hung out , ' Brenner told WSVN . 'When you see in the video , when this man got out of the cab , he was extremely intoxicated and identified by the bartender . He had erratic and aggressive behavior throughout the evening . ' Collins told police he only had two rum and Cokes and three beers in a six-hour span that night . The now 29-year-old was arrested after the incident and is being held on $ 1.05 million bond at the Monroe County Jail on charges of attempted second-degree murder , second-degree arson and criminal mischief . He has plead not guilty to the charges ahead of his trial , which is expected to start in June . Painful : Following the attack , Gonzalez spend six months in the hospital and underwent 15 surgeries . Never the same : His mobility is now limited and it 's unlikely that he will ever work again . That causes a serious hardship on his family since his wife also lost her job as a vice principal . Forever dependent : Gonzalez is now relies on his wife and teenage son to take care of him . Happier times : Above , Gonzalez pictured before the attacks . Alone on the left , and with his wife of 21 years on the right . Meanwhile , Gonzalez is in his own form of prison due to to the injuries which have left him completely dependent on his wife and teenage son , and will likely never work again . That has put a serious strain on the family , since his wife also lost her job as a vice principal . 'It 's gone from me being able to do pretty much whatever I want with my dad to not being able to do very much at all , ' his son Jose Gonzalez Jr said . 'In fact , I have to do most things for him along with my mother . ' In addition to the planned lawsuit against J.J. 's Doghouse , the Gonzalez family settled another lawsuit against the property 's owner but the terms were kept confidential .
Jose Gonzalez , 53 , was sleeping in his work truck , waiting for two colleagues to finish drinking when the attack happened . Surveillance footage shows Stuart Collins , then 26 , using Bic lighter to spark flame that engulfed Gonzalez 's truck in flames . The married father was covered in flames for an excruciating 11 minutes and received second-degree burns to 68 per cent of his body . His family is now planning to sue the bar that continued to serve Collins alcohol , claiming if he had been cut off he may not have committed arson . Collins remains in jail on $ 1.05 million bond for charges of attempted third-degree murder , third-degree arson and criminal mischief .