This man - not a hero books about this person or feature films, no, he is alive and active our contemporary.
Yes, He is not some great inventor, not outstanding war hero, not a world-renowned musician and not an oligarch.
He's just a hero. the spirit of a hero. Winner of his body and life circumstances.
Dmitry Pavlenko with family
When he was 19 years (at 1999 year), he has been serving on an appeal, and in the course of military exercises in his hand grenade exploded. Injuries were so critical, that he had suffered an amputation of both arms and both legs.
Oddly enough, but, According to information received as a result of the dismissal of the documents, Sergeant Pavlenko was dismissed on time and without injuries, and command considered, the blame for what happened falls on the soldier himself, and made him the army should not be.
Only after years of litigation, the family of the injured soldier was able to achieve justice, he was found injured in the course of military service, and his disability pension was appointed.
but, in spite of the horror of their situation, he was not kept to himself, not drunk and went into another world. Dmitry Pavlenko, no matter what, I walked the difficult path of rehabilitation, accustomed to the new life conditions, a, the main thing, He retained a huge thirst for life.
Dmitry Pavlenko during deep sea diving in the Red Sea
A few years ago, he learned about the heroism of Philip Kruazona, French diver, as Dmitry, lost his arms and legs. AT 2013 This year, the French Titan spirit (sorry for the pathos, but it's a fact) dives to a depth of 33 m, than the world record. Hearing about this, our compatriot decided to support the honor of our country and began to train. He received a certificate of professional diver.
In May 2018 , Dmitry Pavlenko, arrived in Egypt with a support group, I was able to make an independent record (!) dive to a depth of 40 m. This achievement was confirmed by an international organization Ehandicap World Record, which recorded this victory.
Dmitry Pavlenko after setting the record
However, this Dmitri, without a doubt, one of the heroes of our time, I have not stopped. in September 2018 year he planned a new immersion, already in the Black Sea, where to carry out the diving man with such disabilities is much more difficult (Unlike the Red Sea, Black in poor visibility, salinity and other large temperature difference).
…According to him, the most severe were the first years, when he had to get used to everything, learn new skills. Gradually, however, he was able to not only learn how to do things around the house, but also to work with mobile phone and even driving a car.
Now Dmitry and his wife Olga (which, by the way, assisted him during the dive) and two children (Stanislav daughter, 11 years, and son Vladislav, 5 years) living in Zelenograd, where they were able to move a few years ago from a small village in the Urals, his small homeland. He works now ANO "Peace man - rehabilitation community", where, together with his colleagues has created and is implementing a program of psychological rehabilitation of people, got to like his life circumstances.
According to him, must, to people, survived serious injury, gradually I began to believe in themselves, and personality of, receiving help, He became the face, that this assistance is provided by other, because it is fully transforms his own life.
Hooray, World record achieved!
should say, that this material was scheduled to be published some time ago, but work on it all went. And a few days ago this writer finds out, that the initiative group, supporting Dmitri, still managed again very quickly raise the necessary funds, and 27 July 2018 , our outstanding compatriot plunged to a depth in the Black Sea 30 meters near Balaklava. record was set for our country, inscribed in the "Book of Records of Russia".
It remains only to honor this hero's spirit to shout "Hurray!". triple, twice briefly, third drawl:
- Hooray! Hooray! Hurray-ah!
Unfortunately, for some reason, our national TV channels do not consider it necessary to inform about the records, set out in honor of our country, And a man with such disabilities, but with a truly boundless fortitude. but “military Review” It provided an opportunity for the publication of this, for which we express deep gratitude to this portal.
Dmitri says, the depth of the sea it is already, can say, won, and the next step for him - to try to conquer the sky! Plans at this hero of our time “simple”: flight on a hang-glider, flight by plane, and then a parachute jump!
But the most important thing in his life, According to him, it records, and that, that his children could come and say,: "Dad, I broke the bike!». And he goes and mends his own, or, in a pinch, finds that, who helps him to do it. In this way, the main thing, - It `s that, his children perceive his father as full and healthy man.
