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>> sean: you said in an interview you would do it again tomorrow. >> yeah. i hate that i cant do it now. >> sean: this burning roof literally collapses on your head. it destroyed your eyelids, your lips, your ears, your nose. >> i can still talk. i mean, i can still communicate. i could -- i never thought it was as bad as what it was? even when my friends came up they would be all upset and i would be like, chill out, i got this. i never thought it was that bad. >> sean: when you looked in the m...

Was daily. and, you know, its just so -- theres no way to explain everything. >> sean: this injury follows you wherever you are. >> right, you never get a day off. it doesnt matter. ?you go to the ball field, you have to prepare yourself for the kid that goes running off screaming. >> sean: how painful is that? thats got to be painful. >> you never know. >> sean: and youre living with this for 14 years. >> i went to my eye doctor and he told me, he said basically weve done all we can do. i cant ...

When you walk out in public, it was daily. and, you know, its just so -- theres no way to explain everything. >> sean: this injury follows you wherever you are. >> right, you never get a day off. it doesnt matter. you go to the ball field, you have to prepare yourself for the kid that goes running off screaming. >> sean: how painful is that? thats got to be painful. >> you never know. >> sean: and youre living with this for 14 years. >> i went to my eye doctor and he told me, he said basically w...

Weekend with pat approximately his one year anniversary and ill tell you it was a totally different trip compared to the first time we came. from the visit at the medical center, we went to the firehouse where he had another opportunity to spend time with his brethren who were with him on that day,e and theres such an aura of happiness. >> im the same person ive always been. ill always be that guy. nothings changed me. i still have the same friends, i still do the same thing, i go to the same --...

Its so much more extensive.nt >> sure. >> sean: because of the progress you made with people like patrick, you were able to do it more quickly. >> yep. >> sean: fascinating. >> the tricky part was the arms, something we had no experience with, but weve been in this scenario. similar scenario, different territory. we rehearsed plenty of times. the arms are a little tricky because we have a lot of tissue. we have to attach 24 tendons three major nerves, six major blood vessels. m but weve created ...

>> sean: the only option to restore joes quality of life was to consider a face and double hand transplant, something that had never been successfully done anywhere in the world. >> there had been other attempts did not work. >> correct. >> the other two face and hands the first in paris, face and double hand, the patient died in thes, hospital from complicatios infectious complications and there are a number of different reasons why that happened. the second patient was done in boston, the face...

>> well you do what you love. >> sean: in 2001 he ran into a burning building to rescue a woman that was trapped inside. suddenly the burning roof collapsed directly onto patricks head. >> roof collapsed on patrick knocking down his helmet. he felt the mask on his face was melting. >> sean: patrick held his breath. he jumped out of a window with he jumped out of a window with to his face. it claimed his h scalp, his nose, his lips, his ears his eyelids and all the skin on his face. >> i remember...

Im in the donor room procuring the face for patrick. >> sean: why is it important that you be involved. >> in the donor room thats a highly pressured room because its time sensitive. the patient can reach some time of instability so we have to be able to pull off organs, face hands, quickly. so thats a room that demands a certain level of attention but you have to move quickly.tt >> sean: and how long does that part of the procedure take? >> in patricks case, thehe procuring and removal of the f...

A scream. she said, who was that? i said its joe. he was in an accident. is he okay?as i said it doesnt sound good. >> he was in a medically induced coma for three straight months. the severe facial scarring left him with no lips, no eyelids. his fingertips had to be amputated leaving him unable to do everyday tasks and live a regular life. >> you have this horrible car accident, you dont remember, i would assume, right, at this point. >> no, i dont even remember going to work that night either....

He wouldli grab things with his hands like this. he didnt have functional digits. we amputated his arm at forearm level. >> sean: cant go back. >> point of no return. at this point the right hand is ready to go we remove it everythings tagged, we flush it with a preservative the right hand goes into the room and we begin the connections. while were working on that remain are, my team is moving on the right arm, were still working on the left hand and the face. once theyve reached about a 50% com...