Real love does not burn

These "girls on the cover of" the Australian women's glossy magazine sWeekly Women (and maybe the entire world glass) had never been available before. For the July issue, the producers have organized a photo shoot Turia pitt is a well – known female athletes, which is 65% of the skin affected by deep burns. So Turia returned to modeling, which she three years ago had to leave due to injuries, it is theoretically incompatible with life. And saved and returned her love.





Turia pitt on the cover of a magazine

In 2011, the 24-year-old athlete and model Turia pitt, a former nominee for the title of "Miss Australia", applied to participate in the big marathon race RacingThePlanet (RTP). She refused because she could not make the entrance fee is to pay the organizers $ 1600. However, a few days before the race, Turia and several athletes got a call from the organizing Committee and offered to participate free of charge: there is a shortage of runners and the marathon was in jeopardy. Pitt immediately changed all my plans to be sure to get to the race: it was a dream.

For the second reference point of the route of the marathon went in the forest and in the mountains. On the top of the hill at the same time climbed six of us: four men of Turia and another woman for 35 years. They were almost at the top when he heard "a terrible sound, like the roar of a huge heavy trucks". It was a fire that broke out somewhere behind. After another minute, the fire was closing in around the runners. Further Turia remembers all fits and starts: as sat on the ground, for some reason, covered with a jacket, as they become "hotter, hotter, hotter" as, unable to endure the heat, she jumped up and tried to run...

...And flew into the fire. "Then it was just black and hot".

A medical helicopter flew the runners only four hours. All this time athletes-men saved the life of two girls (the second participant is also received serious damage). Being at the top of the rock where did not reach the fire, their clothing covered their burns from the sun, moistened with drinking water, trying to bring to life.





Before the fire

Turia pitt lost all the fingers and wrist on his right hand. Left, fortunately, survived. Later, in the hospital, the doctors had to amputate centerfolds and athlete's foot. In the early days doctors did not promise that she will survive. And when was the critical moment, it became clear that in hospitals the girl will spend the next few years.

And if in these the most severe, life-threatening early days to get out helped her youth and good health, for the first time to look at yourself in the mirror, to master the prosthesis and in three years to appear on the cover of gloss of Turia, as she admits herself, could only through love.

Turia and Michael Hoskin met at school but became a couple in only 21 years. They worked together in mining. About what happened with the girl, Michael found out only when the helicopter was flying to the hospital and the doctors fought for her life in the sky.

To see her disfigured skin was the easiest test of all, that was Michael. Because pitt after the amputation, could not that run – walk as before. She almost was not able to independently wash, eat, care for themselves, can simply open a bottle of water out without assistance to the toilet. Her need to be around all day. And Michael is gone. He changed jobs to be home or in the hospital as much time. He taught her to walk again, dress, was literally on her hands and feet. In the past two years. Until then, until she recovered.





Now Hoskin says about his beloved: "She is beautiful." and it doesn't look forced. Because then he continues admiringly: "she's Got crazy energy. She tries to be active along with me. Every day she gets up at seven o'clock in the morning to walk or swim to physiotherapy, she spends this time with me and forbids her to feel sorry and give in to her. She is incredible. Can't be called "survivors". All this time she wasn't trying to survive, she tried to fully live every day."

Turiya still have several surgeries cosmetic. The most terrible, the most frightening thing they Michael were still together.

Athletics for Turia pitt, for obvious reasons, is now closed. But there's always a way. With his prosthesis she re-mastered the bike. Now she rides from Sydney to the nearby town for fun and local competition. Still involved in the 20-kilometer races. Says he's happy that she left one good arm – even if I had the capital to re-learn to do everything left. And this year, pitt was able to climb on the Great wall of China for eight days to pass the specified route length of 95 km with obstacles in the charity event. This act covered not only the Australian but also the international media. Thanks to its campaign, pitt has collected 200 thousand dollars in donations. All the money she sent back to the development of regenerative medicine for people with severe injuries in developing countries.

– This experience showed me how important for me now to interact with other people, as an important mutual aid and support, – the sportswoman speaks. – Other participants of the action were constantly helping me in getting a second hand. Without them I would not have coped.

Turia pitt has released a biographical book. Now she's getting a master's degree in engineering and gives seminars as a motivational speaker. Predictions as to whether it will be able ever to get rid of their scars, the doctors, the girl do not give.

By the way, Turia pitt was able to prove to the parliamentary Commission on investigation of incident with fire, that the organizers of the race is indirectly to blame for what happened, and seize the payment. The marathon took place in September, this is fire season for those places. And, for safety reasons the event had to be postponed or even cancelled, but the talk of it was not. Before the start of the athletes warned about the dangers of snake bites and encounters with crocodiles, but the fires did not say anything, although the instructor was familiar with the climatic conditions. For an emergency situation, the organizers and special services were not ready: this follows from the fact that a medevac helicopter victims had to wait too long.

By the way, as long as pitt does not prove the guilt of the leadership of the RTP, she met with their side almost no desire to atone for their inaction. All she received, being in the hospital – a card, a few sympathetic emails and chocolates. published

 

Author: Alena Bykova

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Source: neinvalid.ru/lyubov-ne-gorit/

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