. >> the thought of him being alick rucuted didn't come to me. . >> i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: he came running out of a building. >> sounded horrible. sounded like a dog was being tortured. >> reporter: he was zapped. >> i grabbed his neck, shocked me. felt it go through the dog and into my arm and chest. like, out again somehow. >> reporter: he was hooked up to oxygen. they found fluid in his lugs and there is a possibility he might not make it. >> how would you feel -- would you feel if you watched your child suffer. . >> reporter: pg&e says crews put a cable inside the box three weeks ago to provide service to a construction site but they were investigating how it got charged. >> indications are somebody illegally tampered with our equipment. . >> the rain may also be toblame but -- to blame but these cases are rare. he was an exception. and the walk left her shaken. >> never in a million years did i think something like this would make me scared to walk these streets. >> reporter: the man who helped him went to the hospital because his arm was feeling numb and he was sick.

. >> the thought of him being alick rucuted didn't come to me. . >> i didn't know what to do. >> reporterg out of a building. >> sounded horrible. sounded like a dog was being tortured. >> reporter: he was zapped. >> i grabbed his neck,