It sounds like a script of those dramas that make us burst into tears, but it’s a real case! A man in the United States has surprised his longtime wife with a new marriage proposal after waking up from a coma caused by a terrible accident. The story was shared with People magazine on Thursday (10). It turns out that he didn’t remember that they had already married the first time, and it ended up reinforcing his unwavering love for his mate.
It all started in July of this year. Andrew and Kristy Mackenzie, who had exchanged rings for 37 years, were on their way home from a celebration when their motorcycle collided with a car. She turned to wave to her family and that’s the last thing they remember before the accident that changed their lives.
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Authorities told them a driver ran a red light. After the impact, a witness stated that the couple was thrown about 19 meters. Both suffered extensive injuries. He was airlifted to a hospital, where he had to undergo emergency surgery for internal bleeding and have two screws placed in his hip. The severity of the trauma was so serious that the 58-year-old man only woke up later.
Of course, his wife was overjoyed to see her husband alive, but what the woman didn’t expect was that Andrew believed they were still in 1993. “He knew me, but I could see him looking right through me”Kristy told the magazine. “I tell you, that was the scariest day of my life. Seeing him look right through me like that, I didn’t know how I was going to get him back.”, he added. Even the doctors were surprised by Andrew’s condition and revealed to her that they didn’t know if their partner’s memories would come back.
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Little did they know that the victim not only recovered all the memories of the years he spent with his beloved, but also made a point of asking her to marry him again. This time, in front of her children and grandchildren. “I don’t think anything can stop us. Even a car crashing into us didn’t stop our love.”, she said. Click here to see photos from the ceremony.
The request was a dream come true because the woman, who is now 54, was only thinking about reliving the moment they saw each other at the altar for the first time. “I want to marry this man again”thought Kristy, as she lay in her hospital bed, even unaware of her husband’s alarming condition.
The couple in love credit their love for keeping them alive and giving them a reason to live. The wife struggled to be placed in Andrew’s hospital room, and as soon as they were in the same room together, his memory returned. “I kept saying [à equipe do hospital] that he would be better off as long as we were together. I said, ‘If you let us be together, he’ll get better’”, narrated the woman. And that’s exactly what happened!
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The lovebirds met during a camp in June 1984, when Kristy was 16 and Andrew was 19. For her, it was love at first sight and even obstacles didn’t stop them from being together. At the time, Kristy had a boyfriend, and Andrew was in the Army. However, fate pulled the strings and they started dating.
Less than a year after they met, Kristy and Andrew were married. “There was no one else for me”, he told the vehicle. Today, the couple has two daughters and two grandchildren. One of the sons-in-law even officiated at the vow renewal ceremony. “Our daughters say we’re gross because everywhere we are, I kiss him or he kisses me. We are holding hands everywhere.”said his wife, in love.
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Although the couple has “been through so much” over the years – Kristy had a stroke when she was just 17, her mother died of breast cancer and Andrew battled prostate cancer in 2016 – she claims the accident was the cause of death. worst. Fortunately, they had the chance to rekindle the flame in a beautiful ceremony. Does love move or not move mountains?!
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