Overcoming Odds

I recently read an article in the Charlotte Observer about a boy who was burned extensively on his body, 87 percent, with third degree burns. The boy was outside tending a fire when all of a sudden it blew up on him as well has his mother who received second degree burns on her face and third degree burns on her hands. He was placed in a medical induced coma while doctors tried to reconfigure all of his skin.

Connor, the boy who was burned, finally was taken out  of the coma after two months. His body was quite frail due to the extensive amount of time spent laying down and being still. He will have to learn how to walk again and regain the use of his muscles.

I think this reminded me a bit of Night because while on the way to Auschwitz, they see flames coming from the crematorium. 

Jo Talbot Balasco, Mary. "Burned teen is overcoming odds, but still has way to go." Charlotte Observer 15 Mar. 2009. 22 Mar. 2009 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/598757.html.