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Bushfire survivor Turia Pitt tells how she got her fairytale ending

'He is a living example of the best, most dedicated partner a girl could ever hope to have' - by that's life!
  • 12 Apr 2017
Bushfire survivor Turia Pitt tells how she got her fairytale ending
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Turia Pitt and Michael Hoskin were a young couple with the whole world at their feet when a horrific bushfire robbed them of the future they’d dreamt about.

Turia – a model with a double degree and a promising future in the mining industry – was left with 65 per cent burns when she was caught in the fire while competing in a 100km ultramarathon in WA’s Kimberley region in September 2011.

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The only time we should look back is to see how far we've come.

The NSW south coast local’s life was hanging in the balance, and even if she did survive, doctors warned Michael that life would never be the same.

But rather than running for the hills, Michael, then just 26, bought an engagement ring so that he could propose to Turia if she survived.

Not only did Turia live, but in the past five-and-a-half years she has defied doctors’ expectations and gone on to complete multiple gruelling physical feats, including the notorious Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii – one of the most challenging competitions in the world – and become an inspiration to millions.

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‘He is a living example of the best, most dedicated partner a girl could ever hope to have,’ Turia writes.

‘When people ask me: ‘Did you ever think Michael would leave?” I tell them I never thought it for a moment. Why? Because he was there every day; he came back to me every morning without fail. And when someone is really committed like that, there is no room for doubt.

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I know you guys think Michael is pretty great already, but he's bloody gone and outdone himself this time. He wrote the foreword to my new book UNMASKED and he's also got his own chapter too (what a greedy little pig 🐷). Both made me cry. I'm sharing his foreword in my newsletter today. Sign up via link in bio! #Unmasked

‘I thought it was really cool how he bought the ring five years ago. I have asked him how he knew I wouldn’t turn out to be useless, a shell of my former self. And he replies: “I just knew who you were and who you would continue to be.”’

For the full story, see this week’s New Idea – Out now.

This article first published on New Idea.

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