Remarkably, man survives after half of his body was severed in an accident

We live in an age of excess and access, excess because we have so much to choose from and access because we have so much freedom to choose. After reading the story, you will know what I mean.

On 2 December, at 9:50 am, a train from Changsha T30 was gradually moving towards the Beijing West Station. When the train door opened, a man with only half a body was leaning onto his son's chest. Hugging tightly to his son's body with his arms, he looked around excitingly with a smile on his face. He was going on an excursion round Beijing with the companion of his wife and son, transported by a specially made small cart. It was not easy for him to travel as the airline has rejected him due to his condition. Thus, they turned to traveling by rail. The person-in-charge of train station provided them a special compartment and free meals for dinner and breakfast for the family in the journey.

On 9 March 2004, this 46-year-old man was hit badly by a truck causing the bones below his abdomen to be crushed in Shenzhen, China. Doctors spent 7 months trying to rescue him from death and they succeeded. Due to the lost of the lower half of his body, his height has been reduced from 1.62 meters to 0.78 meters and now weights only 33 kg.

Looking at his own body, he calmly showed the reporter the wounds and scars covered by his shirt. Skin was transplanted from his scalp to what’s left of the abdominal area to cover the intestines and other organs. A man-made anus for bowel movements is attached to the right side of the body and two urine pipes are attached to the kidneys for urinating. According to doctors, under such circumstances, the survivor rate is extremely low. Nevertheless, he managed to beat all odds and survived this tragic accident. In addition to that, he went on to fulfill his lifelong dream of touring around Beijing.

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Tags: Accident | Half body