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americans treated for lung damage blamed on vaping. at least 40 have died. as dean reynolds reports, the boy wishes to remain anonymous, but wants his story told. reporter: when this 16-year- old boy was transferred to henry ford hospital in detroit last month, he was very near death. he had been vaping, his parents said. he was nonresponsive. his lungs were horribly inflamed and filling with fluids and dead tissue. he had been to two hospitals before coming to henry ford. doctors had placed the boy on what s called an ecmo machine, which breathed for him, but still, he deteriorated. the only thing that could save him was a double-lung transplant. this is an evil that i haven t faced before. it was worse than my expectation. reporter: dr. hassan nemeh led the surgical team on october 15th on the six-hour operation, believed to be the first double- lung transplant for a victim of vaping. this picture shows him holding one of the boy s destroyed lungs.

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