A year after Taiwan water park explosion, recovery continues

MONT VERNON, N.H. (AP) — A year ago and far away from his hometown in New Hampshire, Alex Haas was fighting for his life after suffering burns to over 90 percent of his body at a water park party in Taiwan.

A flammable, colored powder was sprayed from a stage onto the audience of college-age people dancing in a drained pool.

Fifteen of them died.

[...] the party organizer was sentenced to nearly five years in jail.

Most of the wounded are out of the hospital but need rehabilitation for physical and emotional scars, and a new burn treatment center is opening for them Monday.

Among those impressed with his recovery is Dr. Henry Lin, director of the new Burn Rehabilitation and Post-Acute Care Center of New Taipei City Hospital, which was built by the city government to help the victims with their recovery.