A shocking love story (3) translated by Zhang Bao on August 30, 2017

7. Lost hands and feet, but did not lose love

In 2012, U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Taylor Mares was hit by a bomb explosion while defusing an improvised bomb in Afghanistan. The bomb exploded and severed both of his arms and legs, and changed the life of the 23-year-old American soldier forever. Taylor spent a long time in the hospital, and when he woke up from his injuries, he painfully realized that his limbs were gone. He had to face the fact that he would have to rely on others for the rest of his life. This will be an incredibly difficult situation not only for him, but for his family, and especially for his long-time girlfriend Danielle. But instead of giving up on him, Danielle became a strong pillar in Taylor's life. Danielle played a huge role in Taylor's speedy recovery. When he learned to walk with his new prosthetic leg, she never left his side and continued to help him with all her heart. After recovering from his recovery, Taylor proposed to his beloved girlfriend, and as a result, they got married. It's a beautiful ending to an incredible and inspiring love story that shows that nothing can be a barrier between two people who truly love each other.

8. Heavy promises

Matthias Steiner is an Austrian weightlifter. Susan first met him during a live TV match. She immediately developed an indescribable affection for the young weightlifter. She wanted and decided to meet the foreign athlete. She asked the TV commentator for his contact information until they finally got so much trouble pestering her that they had to tell her the details of the athlete. Once, she got his email address and started contacting him, and after some chat, both agreed to meet. They met, and it was love at first sight, and they got married shortly after their first meeting.

The young Austrian weightlifter loved his German wife so much that after getting married, he followed her to Germany and became a German citizen. As a sign of his deep love for his wife, he promised her that one day he would win her an Olympic medal. Matthias Steiner has been training hard to deliver on his promise. But to his surprise, his beautiful wife, Susan, died in a car accident in 2007. It was an unimaginable tragedy for the young Matthias. But he remembered the promise he had made to his wife. It was this promise that got him through this painful and difficult time. His determination was so strong that he finally made it through the qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and became a member of the German Olympic weightlifting team.

In weightlifting at the Beijing Olympics, Matthias Steiner faced a tough opponent. In the final he had three chances to challenge for a medal, but the first two were failures, and if he failed the third time, he would have missed the medal and walked home empty-handed. So, he had to give it a final fight and put all his energy into the third clean and jerk. Luckily, he managed to lift an incredibly heavy barbell that earned him gold at this Olympics. When the scene of him being awarded the medal was broadcast to millions of viewers around the world, Steiner couldn't help but cry, holding a picture of his wife in her hand for reporters to take with cameras and camcorders.