Heartbreaking story of boy's family with severe burns after falling into kitchen fire

Arriving at Hamlet 6, Ngoc Village (Chau Hong Commune, Quy Hop District), we happened to meet a young father holding his little son, about 3 years old, with a deformed face. Occasionally, the child would whine and laugh with his father innocently, while the father's eyes shone with indescribable sadness.

When we asked, we learned that the young father was Truong Thanh Cong (born in 1990). Talking to us, Mr. Cong confided that he was born into a poor Thai family but was lucky to be noticed by a kindergarten teacher and married. Two boys were born to the joy of the young couple.

Baby Truong Bach An when he was first burned. Photo: Family provided

Yet a year ago, the eldest son, Truong Bach San, wanted to eat eggs so he asked his mother to go to the kitchen to boil them. While his mother, Mac Thi Sinh, was boiling the eggs, she went out to do something; little Truong Bach An ran in and unfortunately fell right into the blazing firewood stove. His two hands were on the pile of charcoal, his face was buried in the boiling pot of eggs. When people discovered him, little Bach An had passed out, his entire right hand and body were severely burned.

The family rushed to take their child to the local hospital, but the doctors advised them to quickly transfer him to the National Burn Institute. There, the doctors determined that An had suffered 4th degree burns with 37% of his body injured.

Currently, An still has to go to Hanoi for treatment every month. Photo: Family provided

So all the money that had been saved up for a long time and valuables in the family were sold to treat the son. It is known that Mr. Truong Thanh Cong's family is also a poor household in the commune. "Every night when I lay down to sleep and heard my son screaming, I felt so sorry. Now every month I have to take my son to Hanoi for examination and treatment. I just hope that my son's pain can be somewhat reduced" - Mr. Cong said sadly.

Currently, Truong Bach An is still attending kindergarten in Chau Hong commune. "I don't know if my child will have the courage to continue studying with such a deformed face" - the young father looked at his child in tears. A few months ago, Truong Thanh Cong and Mac Thi Sinh went to court for divorce. Both children live with their father.

Baby An in the kindergarten where she is studying. Photo: Dao Tho

Looking at little Truong Bach An playing, we felt sorry and wondered: Will his life be like the name his parents gave him?