It’s a special opportunity for a group of survivors. People who have fought through burn injuries get together each year for a burn survivors camp.

Every camper has a story of survival.

"I got burned March 29, 1998. It was a Saturday morning,” says Shaheem Hall. “I was watching Saturday morning cartoons. I started running around and saw a lighter on the floor and picked it up.”

The annual event brings children and teens together to share their feelings that only fellow campers would understand.

"My dad went out the back door with a whole frying pan of grease and went to dump it out the back door. And he didn't see me out there because there was no light,” says Chelsea Gasper.

For the both of them, overnight burn survivors camp is a lifesaver.

"You make lifelong friends. I've known Shaeem for a decade,” Gasper said.

The event gives them a chance to be themselves, away from the outside world.

"We all have similar traits, scars, stories, what we go through. Being around friends  turned into family,” Hall said.

The burn survivors camp has swimming and games, including their own version of "Family Feud.” They also spend time with nurses, social workers and firefighters.

And adult burn survivors come to show that you can fight through the scars.

“There's a lot of stigmas that go with being a survivor,” says Burn Foundation of Central New York Chairman James Ennis. “And our survivors here it gives them an opportunity to come out with other survivors where they are not looked at for being different. Everyone embraces each other.”

For Hall, the burn camps is almost like being a survivor over again.

"I don’t know how I would have been able to get through it without camp alone,” Hall said. “Just growing up and having a safe place, even if we just go for the weekend, that’s good enough.”