Found it MICHAEL SKUPIN ....he wasn't exactly sick but,definitly deserved another chance...from CBS~
{Squatting beside the Kucha tribe's fire, Michael Skupin, the software publisher from White Lake, Michigan, blew on the coals to stimulate the flames...and then the unthinkable happened. Michael inhaled smoke and passed out, falling into the fire. When he regained consciousness, he pushed himself out of the fire, inadvertently putting his hands and wrists directly into the burning coals. With raw flesh hanging from his charred hands, Mike plunged himself into the cold river water to ease the pain, as his shocked tribemates tried to assess what had just happened.}