common, too common. >> okay. yes, i was running my shed water. you know. the shed burned. y just closed my eyes and asked god, are you going to let me die? >> reporter: the nightmare started here at a gas station in port-au-prince. he was driving in a truck down this street when this power line fell and hit a propane tank. there was a huge explosion. just like that, he was burned over a quarter of his body. his friends scooped him up and drove him quickly to a hospital two blocks down the road. the care at this doctors without borders hospital is good, very good. burns are notoriously difficult to treat. even in the best of types haiti wasn't the place for him. and that meant a transfer. in this case, to the united states. since the earthquake, hundreds of patients have been brought to the u.s. like sean sherry.