really lucky and grateful. >> now a year and a half ago collin mcfadden was diagnosed with aplastic aneema, his parents reached out to collin's brother, again 27-year-old talun who lives in vietnam. now, collin like i said before was akopt dod -- adopted when he was only 18 months old. 14 months old. since then the family has stayed in touch with the birth parents. now, just to wrap things up, it took months to sort out the paper work to get the 27-year-old here. the bone marrow transplant will be performed on april 18th. >> leanne, thank you. powerful story. donating marrow is rarely intrusive as it used to be. most done with what is called pbsc. this is very similar to giving blood. >> you know there are sites to match people for dates so why not applicants with jobs? the process is scientific. how it works. >> it's a universal complaint among job seekers. >> i put out five, or six resumes per week. >> do you ever hear back? >> most of the time, i do not. >> this era of applying online created a climate of frustration for applicants and many resumes. >> applicants are going online, check

. >> reporter: collin mcfadden walks with a spring in his step and today he and his family drove from nevada to sfo for a meeting that could save his life. collin was adopted from vietnam when he was 14 months old, in 2011 his parents learned his son has a rare disease. >> my bottom hurts and my back hurts. >> reporter: a doctor told them that a bone marrow transplant was the only way to save him. >> reporter: collin is lucky. his parents have kept in touch with his birth family in vietnam and just before christmas they learned collin's brother. >> i'm meeting tah. >> reporter: tell us who that is? >> tho is my brother. >> nervous, nervous to meet him. excited, nervous. >> reporter: and finally they saw him. >> that's him. >> there he is. >> after 14,000 miles tho gave his little brother he hasn't seen in years a hug. it was a difficult trip though. tho's own 2-year-old son had needed surgery which tho couldn't afford until collins parents heard and decided to help. >> they wouldn't operate because they couldn't afford it. we insisted to pay for the surgery. tho's son recovered after

. >> reporter: collin mcfadden walks with a spring in his step and today he and his family drove fromnevada to sfo for a meeting that could save his life. collin was adopted from vietnam when he was 14 months old, in 2011 his parents learned his son has a rare disease. >> my bottom hurts and my back hurts. >> reporter: a doctor told them that a bone marrow transplant was the only way to save him. >> reporter: collin is lucky. his parents have kept in touch with his birth family in vietnam and just before christmas they learned collin's brother. >> i'm meeting tah. >> reporter: tell us who that is? >> tho is my brother. >> nervous, nervous to meet him. excited, nervous. >> reporter: and finally they saw him. >> that's him. >> there he is. >> after 14,000 miles tho gave his little brother he hasn't seen in years a hug. it was a difficult trip though. tho's own 2-year-old son had needed surgery which tho couldn't afford until collins parents heard and decided to help. >> they wouldn't operate because they couldn't afford it. we insisted to pay for the surgery. tho's son recovered after s

. >> collin was adopted by mcfaddens at only 14 months old they've stayed in contact with his birth family. collin's brother was a perfect match. collin is lucky he has a brother. >> there is 10 million people in the national registry. less than 7% are asians so for someone that is asian decent has a chance of finding a match. >> they're telling their story to encourage people to get on their donor registry. >>. >> it took months to sort out the paper work this tralgz transplant will be performed april 18th. lun will get to meet his younger sister arc dopt fld fr china. now collin's brother will be in the bay area in about a month. we're going to hopefully show you the moment when they meet. again coming up at 6:00 i'm live from sfo, abc 7 news. >> leanne, thank you very much. >> and you should know donating rarely is intrusive as it used to be. and if you'd like to register we have a link on our web site. >> san francisco child abuse expansion center is developing a center for children what should be open this year. why more funding is needed for classes to teach children how to protect t

mcfaddens were all too happy to help. >> he's very well. after two months he went back to school. >> tho will be in the u.s. for a month for the transplant process. the process for collin will be much more involved and take a few months. >> the mcfadens live in carson city, nevada so they will be in the bay area for a few months as collin goes through the transplant procedure at children's hospital in oakland. >> great story. it is 6:09. lisa arrangen has a look at the forecast which is pretty gorgeous. >> yeah. once we get into all the sunshine. right now pretty dark out there. in the east bay numbers are held up into the 40s. a few 50s. but over in the north bay we are chilling out in the 30s this morning. a lot of it has to do with the wind, the absence of fog. i'll explain and have a look at your afternoon high temperatures when we return. >> thank you, lisa. talk about being star struck. people on the east coast were treated to a show in the night sky and it is caught on video for you to see, as well. plus the smartphone that started it all is back with a new model. it all is back with a new model. but is it enough in this red hdg to give a breast cancer survivor