Scary stuff indeed. On my commute home, it sounded like it was an inconvinience, nothing more (I was listening to 1010 Wins, a news station). I didn't watch the news last night, and had no idea how severe this really was until driving to work this morning. I feel worse for the guy in the medically induced coma, with 80% of his body covered in burns. I can't think of anything more painful than what this guy will go through, if he lives.
Illumina, if your friend needs a chest X-Ray (I'd think anybody near the incident should need one), and you live anywhere near Yonkers, it's where I work. I'll get ya past the line.