Saturday, February 10, 2007

The triumph of love

US marine Ty Ziegel suffered horrific burns in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq. After months in hospital, he was eventually able to return home — and marry his childhood sweetheart.

Their story.

Their wedding photo which has won 1st prize in the World Press Photo of the year Portrait.

There are more photos of Marine Sergeant Ty Ziegel and his wife here, including a couple of photos of him before the horrific burns.

All of the World Press Photo winners of 2007 can be found here.

I haven't posted any of the photos for copyright reasons.

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