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Date:8/20/2009

hares his personal journey to recovery

Friday, August 28

The Media and Burn Community's Voice in Prevention
9:00 a.m. -- Amy Acton, executive director of the Phoenix Society, and Dr. Roger Yurt, director of the Hearst Burn Center, moderate a panel discussion on utilizing the media to spread fire-prevention messages (with a special appearance by Bill Ritter, WABC-7 news anchor and the host of "Operation 7: Save a Life")

Saturday, August 29

Coming Through Fire
9:00 a.m. Kim Phuc Phan Thai, famously photographed running down a Vietnamese street with her skin on fire during the Vietnam War, speaks out about living with a severe burn injury


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