Burns, Burned Victims | featured news

The operation is rare and risky, but Dallas Wiens says it's a chance he's willing to take. 'I figure what I've already lived through is far worse,' he says. Dallas Wiens remembers standing in a cherry picker repairing a church window when his cellphone rang.

He wanted to sit outside for a while and enjoy the night air, then took a shower and curled up on the couch to watch a cartoon movie.

Chandra, Trae and Jordan Berns were just 17 months old when they suffered grievous burns in a fire. But today, at 22, they are undergoing a new laser treatment that is improving their scars and their mobility. "Our scars have gotten a lot smoother," Trae said Friday.