Plastic pipes become the hands that draw dreams of an 8th grade boy

Despite losing both arms to a landmine, Hieu still tries to go to school like his peers. He continues to write his dream by sticking a pen into a plastic tube to write and is passionate about studying.

Phan Trong Hieu is a student in grade 8/7, Nguyen Trai 9 Secondary School (Quang Nam). He is the youngest child and the only son in a family of 5 children living at the end of Zone 5 (Ai Nghia town, Dai Loc, Quang Nam). Since birth, Hieu has always been intelligent and agile.

In November 2013, after returning from school, Hieu and two friends went to herd cows in the field and discovered a strange object on the ground. Being young and restless, the three of them used rocks to smash it, not knowing that it was a wartime explosive left over.

“At first, his two friends were fine when they hit the strange object. But when it was Hieu’s turn to hit it, it exploded. After the loud explosion, Hieu’s two friends were fortunately only slightly injured, but Hieu had both of his hands blown off and his feet were also injured by fragments of the detonator,” Mr. Phan Nhi, Hieu’s father, said with a sob.

Even though my hands are gone, I will try to practice drawing to become an artist - Photo: Manh Cuong

After more than 6 months of treatment in the hospital, all the property in the house also “went away” with Hieu’s pain. Then Hieu’s health gradually recovered, but a part of his body was permanently lost.

However, when he was discharged from the hospital, Hieu could only walk a few steps and fell and broke his leg. The doctor had to put 8 more screws in his left leg. Since then, Hieu has relied on his family members for all his daily activities.

It seemed that the dream of going to school of this good student had ended, but with his extraordinary determination and will, he insisted that his parents let him go back to school. Seeing their son's determination, Hieu's parents had to let him go to school. Twice a day, his parents took turns taking him to and from school.

When talking about her poor son, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dao (51 years old, Hieu's mother) had tears in her eyes: "When he insisted on asking my husband and I to go back to school, we could only look at each other and cry. Looking at my son's amputated hands and thinking about how he would hold a pen if he went to school, just thinking about that made my heart ache."

To help Hieu go to class and still write like his friends, Hieu's older sister, who is currently studying at Quang Nam University, has been constantly researching to find a way to help her younger brother.

After a long time of research, the older sister finally came up with a way to cut a piece of plastic pipe and drill a small hole just the diameter of a pen for Hieu to write his essay.

“At first, writing with a plastic tube was like torture for me, because the plastic tube is round and difficult to control. However, after a long time of constant effort, I finally mastered it. Now I can draw and copy lessons in time with my classmates. I really like drawing, even though my hands are gone, I will try to practice drawing to become an artist,” Hieu happily said.

Looking at his two short, scarred arms with plastic pipes attached to them for writing, we admire the extraordinary willpower of this disabled student even more.

According to thanhnien.vn