Singer Nhat Linh's life after losing an arm in a container truck accident
After losing an arm in a traffic accident, singer Nhat Linh had to do many jobs to make a living, from teaching singing, selling milk tea... because show organizers no longer called him to sing. For many years, he has quietly pursued his passion for music, always longing to return to the stage.
Singer Nhat Linh lost an arm in an accident.
Singer Nhat Linh, born in 1972, specializes in singing bolero and lyrical music, and was loved by audiences for his emotional and unique voice. In 2016, he unfortunately had an accident on the way home from singing, was run over by a container truck, and lost his left arm. That accident not only left the male singer with lifelong disabilities, but also almost lost his entire singing career.
Chat with the groupThe Journey of Five Dragons, Nhat Linh emotionally recounted the moment of life and death: "Once, while driving a motorbike carrying my wife and children home from a concert, I collided with a container truck. At that moment, I thought about how to save my wife and children, I accepted whatever happened to me. I tried to tilt the motorbike so that my wife and children would fall to the side of the road, while I fell onto the road and was run over by the container truck. At that time, everyone thought I could not survive."
Nhat Linh shared that since the accident, he had to do many jobs to make a living because the show organizers did not call him to sing anymore. "I really wanted to sing, but there were no shows, no one invited me to sing anymore. I used to open a vocal class, then run a milk tea business, and my wife sold products online. At first, the business was okay, but after the Covid-19 pandemic, everything was slow, so I had to close the business. Income from the business was unstable, my wife and I just tried to make ends meet," the male singer confided.
According to the sharing, the family of singer Nhat Linh and his wife has three children. He said that all five people currently live with his sister's family and his youngest brother in his parents' old house in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City. The male singer confided that his family lives in a room of about 8m2.2, have to lie on side to have enough room.
Longing to return to the stage
In group chatThe Journey of Five Dragons, Nhat Linh performs the songMother's meaningcomposed by Lam Hung. He said the lyrics are his heart's voice, because the mother he loved the most had passed away. The male singer confided that after the accident, he only sang songs about his mother and no longer had the emotions to sing about love. Nhat Linh affirmed that although his body was disabled, he felt that his voice had become more passionate and better than when he was still healthy. He expressed that despite the incident, he still wanted to pursue his career, looking forward to every phone call for a show every day, but all were not as expected.
The 7X male singer confided: "Singing has been my passion since I was a child, and since I have eaten the rice of the ancestors, I want to pursue this profession to the end. I just hope that my brothers, friends, and colleagues who have the means will help me sing and return to the stage. I really hope to continue to bring my voice to life, expressing my passion until my last breath. But for the past 7-8 years, I have not been able to sing on stage. My passion has gradually cooled down and made me feel like I am dying."
