A true love story

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>With everything that's going on in my life, this story really got to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First, the picture (originally posted on Fark)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index.php?option=com_photogallery&amp;task=view&amp;id=875 &amp;Itemid=146&amp;bandwidth=high]?rss">Safe for work, but there's a burn victim featured inside here.</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This Marine was severly injured in Iraq.&nbsp; He lost his hand and part of one arm, mangled the other, and obvious from the pic, he lost his face.&nbsp; He's blind in one eye, and I'm sure he's dealing with a ton of other physical afflictions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>His fiance was with him throughout his entire 18 month recovery, and married him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That is the testament to true love.&nbsp; It makes me sad, but also gives me hope.&nbsp; I feel very emotional reading his story, but he's also a guy after my own heart.&nbsp; After his lips had been burned off and they removed a feeding tube, the second thing he said to his girlfriend was, &quot;Wanna make out?&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.thetrukstop.com/articles/2007/story_behind_the_photo.html">The entire story is here.&nbsp;</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, the war sucks.&nbsp; Yes, Bush sucks.&nbsp; But this is a testament.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Fallon]

Sad and inspiring.

[Don Stugots]

i clicked the pic and i dont mean any disrespect by this when i say that i cannot read th story out of fear of dealing with emotions and maybe even crying.&nbsp;

[Chigworthy]

<p>I think it's&nbsp;a happy story.&nbsp; This guy faced and is facing severe adversity, and seems to have made the best of what happened.</p>

[Kevin]

Man she is a better person than i am, because i don't think i would be able to look at him. I am sorry i know what he went through and everything but i just don't know if i would be able.. I am very happy for him though.

[RoseBlood]

<strong>Kevin</strong> wrote:<br />Man she is a better person than i am, because i don't think i would be able to look at him. I am sorry i know what he went through and everything but i just don't know if i would be able.. I am very happy for him though. <p>I'm sure if you&nbsp;weren't just 'in love' with him but truely <u>loved</u> him it would be a 'no brainer' as far as whether or not you'd continue to be in his life. The pain of seeing someone you love and care for be placed&nbsp;in such a vulnerable state might prove even more difficult to 'face'. I can never in a million years imagine what these people feel or think and I hope I never have too. </p><p>As far as being able to physically stomach his presence, again I don't know how I'd initially react. It's one thing when you're at the mall and see a random person with extreme deformities, it's easy to feel disgusted yet sympathetic at the same time. But when it's someone you've grown to like and love I imagine the feelings might not be so simple. </p><p>So yeah, this really is a 'true love story', cases like this make you think what 'real love' is. If your significant other was so quick to run for the hills after a tragedy like this you'd really have to question their love and committment to you. On the flip side I wonder if it would be that difficult to get past the physical changes. Would I constantly be&nbsp;reminding myself, this is the same man I fell in love with as I clutched a picture of him in better days?</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

Man she is a better person than i am, because i don't think i would be able to look at him. I am sorry i know what he went through and everything but i just don't know if i would be able.. I am very happy for him though.

Bump.

Turns out, Kevin was right. She separated from him a few days before their first anniversary.

[ChrisTheCop]

Luckily I suppose, I'm not authorized to view that link.

The inspiring part of the story though, for me, is that something touched Tenbat's heart.

[cougarjake13]

yeh it wont let me see the link

[drjoek]

Semper Fi

[Death Metal Moe]

Both the links in the original post aren't working anymore. Just an FYI.

[Tenbatsuzen]

You can read up on his Wikipedia article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Ziegel

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Rough stuff.

[SatCam]

Ty and Renee Ziegel's prize winning wedding photo by Nina Berman

she really sells it in that pic