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But instead they can make a choice to find the good and allow that to help them heal. >> our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen visited tarleton and her new boyfriend and heard their incredible story. >> carmen tarleton loved her husband, but when their marriage fell apart, he attacked her, dousing her with chemicals. deep burns on over 80% of her body. more than 50 surgeries saved her life, but doctors couldn't erase the scars. you're the head of a major burn unit. have you ever seen a burn injury like this? >> never. never seen anything like this. >> then doctors at brimham women's...

It took a long time to find a match, but they did. this whole concept of having a face that belonged to someone else that passed away -- here the interview. >> reporter: carmen tarl ton loved her husband, but when their marriage fell apart he attacked her. her beautiful face destroyed. deep burns on over 80% of her body. doctors couldn't erase the scars. >> you're the head of a major burn unit. have you ever seen a burn injury like this? >> never. never seen anything like this. >> reporter: doctors came up with an idea. how about taking a face from a woman who died and givening it to carmen. i...

One of the local television stations. the mayor said the blast was so powerful that it knocked the mirrors off of his pick up truck and blew the hat right off of his head. >> that's unbelievable. throughout the night you were reporting along the lines of the heros in this story. there was a response effort and getting people to local hospitals. initially we heard they were getting sent to a local hospital and there was a triage center. as the night continues we learned there were efforts from all over the state and that victims were being sent to a number of hospitals and not just only in waco...

Winter to his base. >> she stood on her feet in front of the medic during that two hours and was remarkable as she never shed a tear or made a sound. >> reporter: ted waluter begged the highest ranking officer to airlift her to a burn unit before she died of her infections. that saved her life. >> you didn't even know her name. >> i didn't know her name. hardly even knew where she lived. >> reporter: but he never forgot that brave little girl. repeating the story again and again for 60 years, a story that made its way here to korea. earlier this year the government put out this flyer nationwid...

Airlift her to a burn unit before she died of her infections. that saved her life. >> you didn't even know her name. >> i didn't know her name. hardly even knew where she lived. >> reporter: but he never forgot that brave little girl. repeating the story again and again for 60 years, a story that made its way here to korea. earlier this year the government put out this flyer nationwide hoping to find that little girl. they found her. before national korean media, the elderly woman met the american veteran once again. her name is kim yung sun. she married and raised three children. she bears th...