CABRERA: His dramatic escape to South Korea made headlines and now the North Korean defector you see in this video running across the demilitarized zone is recovering in a hospital. He was shot and wounded in several places by North Korean guards as he fled, but the doctor who operated on him says he will survive. CNN's Anna Coren is live now from Seoul, South Korea. Anna, what is this trauma surgeon who operated on that man saying about his condition now?</s>ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Ana, Professor Lee Cook-Jong says that he is lucky to be alive. This is a 24-year-old North Korean soldier who made this daring escape from North Korea, described as a suicide mission. And according to U.S.-led U.N. Command, no other North Korean soldier has ever attempted this, and that is using a Jeep to try and get across the DMZ, and then racing across on foot. But that is exactly what he did under a hail of bullets. He was hit at least four times, mainly to the chest, abdomen, and to his arms and knee. And then he managed to get 50 meters across the border, where he collapsed against a wall. And it took some 40 minutes before South Korean soldiers got to him. He was then medevaced to</s>CABRERA: What an incredible will to survive. Anna Coren, thank you for that update. And now for something totally different this morning. Technology has been getting kind of a bad rap for replacing workers with machines, but our Laurie Siegel has a different story for you. How it's helping small businesses to grow and thrive.
North Korean Defector will Survive