The Death of Adela Legarreta Rivas & The Story Behind It

[Ballerina]

Ty Ziegal was the Marines name. He died in 2012 after he fell on the ice but booze and Heroin played a role in it. He was married to this women for a year before she divorced him. Here's a picture of them before he got fucked up by the suicide bomber. He was fucking hot!

[Death_87]

Ty Wife look a bit freak out

[More Cowbell]

Ya... umm...... was expecting a LOT MORE about the title of the thread: Adela Legarreta Rivas and a LOT LESS of what-the eff-has-nothing-to-do-with-her?????

[CarlaN]

She looks displeased. Greatly. Still married?

[CarlaN]

Oh I see. They aren't. Nor is he. Sad, but life.

[SheWolf]

God bless those kids, especially her for standing with him. May they have a long and happy marriage, despite his disabilities.

[SheWolf]

I just went back and read the update... so much for a long happy marriage. How he must have suffered. Probably for the best that he's gone on to the next life.

[X--PunK]

Originally Posted by More Cowbell

Ya... umm...... was expecting a LOT MORE about the title of the thread: Adela Legarreta Rivas and a LOT LESS of what-the eff-has-nothing-to-do-with-her?????

Haha seems like the thread took a left turn

[laurenhayden1]

Originally Posted by structive

Wounded Marine Returns Home to Wed



Ty Ziegel (born in 1982) is a United States Marine Corps Sergeant who was seriously injured while serving in Iraq. During his second tour in Iraq in 2004, his group was attacked by a suicide bomber. Mr. Ziegel had been trapped in a burning truck, the heat melted the flesh from his face. He sustained massive injuries, but survived. After returning to the United States, he spent 18 months in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas.

His injuries led to the loss of his left forearm and of three fingers of his right hand, and Ty was rendered blind in his right eye. He also sustained widespread severe burns that led to the loss of his ears and much of the tissue on his face. His shattered skull was replaced by a plastic dome, and a face was constructed more or less from scratch with salvaged tissue, holes left where his ears and nose had been. Despite the range and severity of his injuries, and after over 50 operations, Ty had recovered enough to leave the hospital.

Ty married his girlfriend Renee Kline in 2006. They live together in Illinois. Nina Berman's wedding portrait of Ty and Renee, Wounded Marine Returns Home to Wed won the World Press Photo competition for portraiture in 2007. The World Press Photo competition is widely regarded as the most prestigious international award for photojournalism.

I'm so sad to learn of his struggle, and death. We have no clue what demons and nightmares follow someone until we have walked a mile in their shoes. God bless his family. What a huge sacrifice!

[iwantagoodhj247]

Oh yeah, she's dead alright.