One picture, two faces, and a love story caught between hope and tragedy. On the left â a soldier in uniform, strong, smiling, his fiancĂ©e leaning against him with faith in a future they both believed in. On the right â the same couple, but everything has changed. The man is almost unrecognizable: thin, hollow, his body marked by eleven months in captivity.
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During those months, he endured hunger, cold, silence, and torture. âThere was no sky,â he whispered. Only concrete walls, shadows, and the endless fear of not surviving another day.
When he finally returned, the war did not end. It followed him home. Loud noises made him tremble, sudden movements froze him in fear, and the mirror reflected not the soldier he once was, but the prisoner he had been forced to become.
His fiancée never left his side. She held his hand, trying to reach the man she once knew. But behind his eyes there was a locked door, and his answer was always the same:
đ âDonât come in. I havenât left there yet.â