Turia Pitt, a 27-year-old former model, was caught in a fire while running an ultramarathon in Australia six years ago.
64% of his body was badly burned. Doctors said he had a chance to survive.
At the time of the accident, Turia’s boyfriend, Michael Hoskin, quit his police job to look after her. He was always by her side and protecting her. Michael knew he wasn’t going anywhere. Since the accident, Turia has undergone 200 operations. He lost seven fingers and had to recover for more than two years. In 2020, he gave an interview in which he spoke about the horror of a 100km race in remote Western Australia being engulfed in flames.
“I remember seeing my skin sticking to the rocks and the spinifex,” Pitt said, adding that he felt “an explosion of fear.”
In 2015, Michael gave Turia a diamond ring he had purchased in rehab four years earlier. Michael says he proposed to her while they were on holiday in the Maldives.
“When Turia was in intensive care four years ago, I bought myself a diamond ring,” Michael tells The Daily Mail. Turia had to wear a mask for two years to heal from his injuries.
Slowly but surely he began to recover. Michael tells his bride every day, “You’re beautiful.”
The two got married in 2016. Turia would like to thank Michael for all his support during these seven difficult years, during which he spent a lot of time in the hospital.
“I never wanted to sleep next to my partner. Now I think how lucky I am to be able to sleep next to this beauty.
He’s a nice guy and I’m very happy to meet him,” Turia Pitt told the Daily Mail. “Every day I wake up next to Michael is a wonderful day.”
After the tragedy, the couple struggled to rebuild their lives and move on.
“He doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him. He just wants to get on with his life,” Michael told News.com.au. “She’s beautiful, she’s gorgeous.”
But despite all these things, they felt that something was missing in their lives. They wanted to be a family.
In 2017, Turia announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Word spread quickly in Australia, and people have been following the couple’s journey for years.
The mom-to-be explained that she kept in shape throughout her pregnancy, although she hasn’t been able to run a marathon in a while. Soon after, their baby boy arrived!
Michael and Turia welcomed their son Hkawai on December 7, 2017.
On February 9, 2020, the couple announced the birth of their second child, another son named Rahiti Hoskin.
They are now married and raising their children together.
What a heartwarming story that proves love conquers all!
Michael and Turia are models and their story shows what love is.
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