people running into the street. that s what michael of vienna remembers about the moment the earthquake hit. a lot of them thought that the world was just ending. the apocalypse at that moment. so people were just freaking out. reporter: then reality sets in for the 21-year-old. in haiti on a student project. i m in a middle of a natural disaster in a country that i don t speak a language in without my bag, my passport, or my medication. so kind of i m a screwed moment. reporter: back in vienna, 25 hours of pure heck for his parents, mike and cindy, who couldn t reach him. i had to think the worst. i knew the buildings were collapsing, they were in buildings with kids. reporter: michael is back in home now on a way to see a chiropractor about his injured back from the ordeal. he says it took another man collapsing in his arms on the steps of the u.s. embassy to put the wheels for evacuation. another news reporter grabs the kid s one arms. and i had his other