23 years, what happened to the girl who was once distressed by the whole network?
In the past 512, many bloggers on the homepage of Weibo forwarded the record of a girl who lost her legs in the earthquake, which moved countless netizens.
Niu Yu was only 11 years old when the earthquake struck, but he was able to hold out under the rubble for three days and three nights waiting for rescue, and he was able to regain the courage to start a new life after amputation.
Her existence itself is already a miracle.
Wearing small steel legs to participate in fashion weeks and marathons is a proof that she lives her life again and again.
It is not difficult to imagine the pain of reconstruction, and the inferiority and helplessness when accepting the gaze of others, but Niu Yu has never shown them.
What she showed to netizens has always been a happy and confident girl.
As her dad said:
"What is there to thank for suffering, she should thank herself, thank everyone who has helped her."
Niu Yu's experience also reminds me of another little girl who lost her legs, I don't know how she has lived for 22 years?
Basketball can also be used for walking
In 2000, in Qujing, Yunnan, 4-year-old Qian Hongyan and her friends planned to go home after playing, and the accidentally dropped shoes made Qian Hongyan turn around to pick up shoes, but was swept under the car by a speeding truck.
The harsh sound of brakes and the exclamation of friends are Qian Hongyan's only memories of that day.
Trembling, his father signed several critical illness notices in a row, and in desperation, agreed to the treatment plan for amputation.
When she woke up, Hong Yan felt that something was different.
But the recovery after the operation gave her no time to take care of the doubts in her heart, and she kept applying and changing medicines, and the pain had already occupied all of Hongyan's thoughts.
It wasn't until she saw her little friend rushing by in front of the window that she realized that even if her body was no longer in pain, she was different from them.
She began to become reticent, unwilling to look up at people or go out to be "seen".
The most she said at this time was: "I want to walk."
In order to fulfill his granddaughter's wishes, Grandpa Qian found stools, tires, and buckets to "install" on Xiao Hongyan's lower body, but the exposed skin was always worn to blood.
Once, grandpa brought back a broken basketball, he had a clever move, cut the basketball in half, stuffed it with cotton, just enough to support Xiao Hongyan.
Finally, Hong Yan can walk on her own!
This is the first time that Hong Yan has voluntarily smiled.
Although she can only walk with her hands on a wooden board, being able to go out by herself is a little light in the endless dark night for Hong Yan compared to days when she can't do anything.
She wanted to walk towards the bright light.
"Although I am a disabled person, I must study hard and not let others look down on me."
Hong Yan's desire to go to school kept popping up, but in a school less than 100 meters away from home, she had to spend half an hour "step by step".
In one year, she honed eight basketballs, but never had the idea of giving up.
Fate has always favored this tough little girl.
After hearing about Hongyan's deeds, experts from the China Rehabilitation Research Center formed a group to break through the medical problem that "there is nothing below the base of the thigh, and it is impossible to install a prosthesis".
Hongyan can finally walk.
Seeing that he can stand side by side with his partners, Hong Yan's life gradually has a temperature.
And swimming is another miracle she has created.
Can I learn to swim?
In 2007, at the scene of the 7th Paralympic Games, Hongyan saw the scene of Qian Huiyu's sister with a disability in her right hand winning the championship.
Perhaps Qian Huiyu's deeds inspired her, or maybe she fell in love at first sight with swimming.
A small flame lit in Hongyan's heart: Can I learn to swim?
No one could give her a categorical answer.
In the evaluation of the disabled, Hong Yan belongs to the S7 disability, which is a serious category.
Without legs, she can't balance in the water, which means her swimming journey is more difficult than ordinary people.
Fortunately, Zhang Honghu, the head coach of the national disabled swimming team, accepted her.
"I felt like I was almost drowning."
This was Hongyan's only thought when she first went into the water.
However, in the face of difficulties, Qian Hongyan's gaze has always been firm.
In order to catch up with her teammates' progress, Hong Yan almost soaked in the swimming pool. No less than 4 hours of professional swimming training every day, hundreds of sit-ups, push-ups and other strength training...
Xiao Hongyan she succeeded
In 2009, at the 9th Paralympic Games of Yunnan Province, Xiao Hongyan won 3 gold medals;
In 2010, he won three silver medals in the National Para Swimming Championships.
In 2015, he finished second in the 00m breaststroke and third in the 400m freestyle at the 9th Para Games, qualifying for the Rio Paralympic Games.
Ten years of swimming pool, not only let Xiao Hongyan change her fate, but also let her taste the taste of her dreams.
This ill-fated girl finally completed the transformation of the cocoon into a butterfly.
Today, in addition to swimming, Qian Hongyan also works for the Disabled Persons' Federation in her hometown Luliang County, helping people with disabilities like her to regain the meaning of life.
She used to be constantly raining, but eventually became an umbrella holder.
In real life, there are many people like Qian Hongyan.
1/16 of infinite possibilities
According to data released by the China Disabled Persons' Federation, there are 85 million disabled people on the mainland, that is, one disabled person in every 16 people.
They may be confined to low self-esteem or live because of physical disabilities, but there are always some disabled people like Qian Hongyan who find a ray of light through the cracks in the dark life.
Xiao Jia, a visually impaired, is China's first blind makeup artist.
She has loved painting since she was a child, but was diagnosed with "retinitis pigmentosa blindness" at the age of 9, and the probability of one in ten thousand made her painting dream come to naught.
Become a blind masseuse like many blind people?
This is the idea of making a living that his family gave Xiao Jia, but Xiao Jia was not.
After countless efforts and struggles, she obtained her non-visual makeup qualification and became a makeup artist.
Tan Ting, the first hearing-impaired person in China to pass the legal professional qualification examination of the law examination.
At the age of 8, she lost her hearing due to improper treatment of otitis media, and she thought that she would be trapped in the mountains for the rest of her life, but she walked out of the mountains through her studies and passed the legal examination that is difficult for even ordinary people to pass.
The reason for the fact that she is quite a law firm is that she finds that people with hearing impairment are not only easily deceived, but also difficult to voice their demands.
In order to help them, Tan Ting not only actively participates in the legal aid of the hearing impaired, but also uses sign language to popularize a series of legal knowledge on social platforms, becoming a "spark" in the hearts of the hearing impaired.
Like Qian Hongyan, Xiao Jia, Tang Ting and others, they not only lived their lives wonderfully, but also showed others, especially people with disabilities, another possibility of life.
They don't have to hide at home and cry, but they can go out and laugh in the bright.
They do not have to be stuck in the norm and become blind masseurs, but can pursue various career paths such as athletes and lawyers.
They don't have to feel inferior, they don't have to hide their flaws, but they can show their scars generously, which is also a part of themselves.
So, as long as we still have the obsession we want to achieve, life must be full of possibilities.