worker on rocky hillside
omg watching this actually hurt me too 😭
Transcript (en)
I was bitten by a venomous snake, but when the doctor offered me pain medication, I immediately refused. Not because I was especially tough, but because I had only recently been an addict. When I found out that my girlfriend was pregnant, I decided to completely change my life. I told her I would take responsibility, but she said I should stay away from them. My heart was broken, but I didn't go back on my promise. I went to the fire station to try to join the service, but I was immediately turned down. Just as I was about to leave, the chief called out to me and asked a simple question. Why did I want to become a firefighter? I answered just as simply. I was going to be a father, and I wanted my daughter to be proud of me. He decided to give me a chance, but said I would have to earn the team's trust. I had to run 10 kilometers uphill in less than an hour. I was extremely weak, and understood that I might not finish the exhausting challenge. As expected, shortly after the start, I began to vomit. When the others returned, I had only made it halfway, and everyone thought I would give up. But at the last moment, I appeared, took out my and showed the chief a photo taken at the summit. At that moment, I earned his approval. After returning, I immediately went to the supermarket, bought a lot of groceries, quietly left them at my girlfriend's door, and then walked away. In the following days, I trained every day and secretly brought her food, but I never tried to reach out first However my changes did not go unnoticed Over time my efforts paid off I earned my colleagues respect and helped our team achieve vanguard status One day, when I came as usual to leave something and was about to quietly walk away, she called out to me. She was happy to see how much I had changed and accepted me with all her heart. She asked me to hold our daughter. I wanted to more than anything, but I was afraid of getting her clothes dirty. She didn't care. When I finally held my daughter in my arms, I couldn't hold back my tears. I sincerely asked for forgiveness. Just when it seemed that everything was falling into place, tragedy struck. We were called to fight a forest fire. While the others were building fire breaks, I was assigned to monitor changes in the wind. The fire seemed ordinary, and they even jokingly said goodbye to me. No one knew that this farewell would be forever. When I reached the observation point, I noticed that the wind had suddenly shifted and the fire was moving quickly toward the team. I immediately warned them that the speed of the fire's spread had been underestimated. By the time the chief and the others reacted, they were already trapped. I saw despair in his eyes. He ordered everyone to deploy their fire shelters and do everything possible. After that, all that remained was to hope for fate. Reality was cruel. When the rescuers arrived, they found 19 bodies. When I learned this, I completely broke down. I wanted...
