. >> after weeks of worrying carol rinehart can breathe a sigh of relief. she's flown around the world from denver to africa to see the man she considered a son was safe. >> we heard the gun. i told my wife, "let's run." >> daniel is an american who was trapped in the violence of south sudan. again, running for his life. >> when i left the country it was at gunpoint. >> daniel was a lost boy of sudan, the name aid workers gave 20,000 boys who fled or were orphaned in the civil war from 1985 to 2005. daniel came to denver when he was 19, when carol rinehart took him under her wing. he got a masters degree and american sit zenship. in 2011 he returned to south sudan. to help build schools this the young nation. violence has returned. >> i never thought this will happen again, because i knew that we have now got our independence from the khartoum regime. >> south sudan, the world's newest country is threatening to unravel. >> my home in jonglei, bor town was attacked. >> from bor, daniel led his wife, 9-month-old son and 100 north through swamp land to safety.

that's when carol rinehart took him under her wing.e event yulely got his master degree and citizenship. but now violence has returned. >> i never thought this would happen again, because i knew that we now got our independence [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: south sudan, the world's newest country is again threatening to unravel. >> my home in the war town was attacked. >> reporter: from bor, daniel lead his wife and about 100 people north through swamplands to safety. >> i saw the bodies on the road. all of the shops were looted. >> it was so unreal that i'm on a cell phone with him. he is in hiding for his life talking to me. >> reporter: rinehart is the cofounder of project education south sudan, working with daniel and other lost boys. before christmas guy needed their help again. >> i said so what do you need? he said i really need your prayers because i don't know if we're going to make it. >> reporter: she did more than prayer for them. she worked to get though family passports and eventually a flight out of the country. this week