They asked him if he ever thought of leaving her after the accident.

His answer went around the world.

In 2011 Turia Pitt, a young Australian athlete, was taking part in an aftermath in the hinterland of the country when a violent forest fire embarked on several competitors.

He was severely burned.

The flames caused deep burns of 65% of his body and, in the following months, he had to face a path that seemed impossible.

Over 200 surgeries.

Years of rehabilitation.

The loss of seven fingers of the hands.

Next to her, however, she never missed a person.

Michael Hoskin.

The companion he shared with before the tragedy.

To be close to her he left his job as a police officer and devoted himself completely to his assistance during the long and difficult recovery path.

Four years passed between hospitals, operations and small achievements day after day.

During a television interview, a journalist asked him a question that many people considered insensitive.

He asked him if, after such a radical change in the physical aspect of the woman he loved, he ever thought of leaving her.

Michael didn't hesitate for a moment.

He answered with words become famous all over the world.

«I fell in love with his soul, his character. She's the woman I want to share my life with. »

Those few phrases told a lot more than any romantic statement.

To him, Turia had not changed in what really mattered.

He was still the person he fell in love with.

In 2016 the two married.

In the following years they built a family and became parents of two children.

Today they continue to share their history, remembering that the most authentic love does not arise from perfection.

It comes from the choice of staying next to someone even when life changes everything.

Because time can transform a face.

But they are the character, courage and heart of a person to make us choose, every day, to continue to love it.