Touching story of photo restoration for families in Lang Nu

Overnight photo restoration for orphan boy in Nu village

At the end of September 2024, Mr. Phung Quang Trung (living and working in Hai Duong city) and his group members received a message from Nguyen Van Hanh (born in 2007, in Nu village, Phuc Khanh commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province).

Hanh lost her mother in the terrible flash flood and her father also passed away from cancer a year ago.

Image of Hanh's family after being restored by Phung Quang Trung and his colleagues.

Hanh was rescued by the people in time and luckily survived but was seriously injured. The flash flood swept away all of his mother's belongings and his father's memorial photo. He wanted a photo with all the family members.

Heartbroken by the tragic fate of the young man from Nu village, Trung and his team stayed up all night, working continuously for more than 18 hours to restore the photo for Hanh.

“I was very touched when Hanh trusted me and asked me to help with such a meaningful task. Especially at night, sitting in front of the computer, thinking about her loss and hardship, I no longer felt tired, I just wanted to quickly take a photo to help her ease her pain,” Trung confided.

With skill and dedication, Trung's team successfully restored Hanh's family photo.

Receiving the reconstructed photo of the whole family, Hanh was speechless with emotion. She said she had to search Facebook to find the photo her parents sent to Trung to reconstruct. "With this photo, I will look at it every day to miss my parents less," Hanh confided with emotion.

After the photos of Hanh’s family, Trung and the Skyline – Net Anh Vuon Bao group contacted the village chief and the commune People’s Committee to ask for support and help in sending information about the project to the villagers. Thanks to that, he continued to help restore photos for many people in Nu village.

In the flash flood disaster that occurred in Nu village, brothers Hoang Xuan Phuc (14 years old) and Hoang Gia Bao (7 years old) lost both their parents. Bao was also swept away by the flood but was fortunately rescued by local people in time and taken to the hospital.

Image of Phuc and Bao's family after restoration.

Hoang Xuan Phuc said that before the flash flood, his family had a photo of the whole family, but now it is buried. Therefore, Phuc asked the Skyline – Net Anh Truoc Bao group to help recreate the full family photo.

From the 4 small photos Phuc sent, which showed his father, mother, Phuc and his younger brother, Trung and the group tried to recreate a photo with all the members gathered together.

Receiving the photo, Phuc choked up with gratitude to Trung and the photo restoration team. Phuc shared that thanks to the photo, he can see his parents every day to ease his longing.

Spread the message of love

Talking about the opportunity to help the people of Nu village, Mr. Trung said that it was because his father went on a business trip to Nu village after the flood. There, Mr. Trung's father met a mother who was walking and crying, looking for her children and grandchildren in the devastated and ruined landscape. The woman confided that she wanted to make a memorial photo for her two children and grandchildren who were only 38 days old.

Receiving a message from his father, Trung quickly completed the photo of this woman and shared it on social media. From then on, Trung was determined to establish the Skyline project – Net Anh Thap Bao – to restore the photo to share the loss with the people of Lang Nu.

The Skyline – Storm-Fighting Photo Project Team consists of 8 members, working completely free of charge. Upon receiving information and images, they will quickly complete meaningful photos, then print and frame them to give to the people of Nu village.

Mr. Trung said that up to now, he has received thousands of messages and hundreds of calls asking for photo restoration. He and his team always try their best, working day and night to do this work with the sole wish of helping the people of Nu village to ease the pain of mothers losing their children, wives losing their husbands, children losing their parents...

“There are many ways to restore this photo. It can be completed in 1-2 hours, or even a few minutes. But to have the most complete and perfect photo, it takes a lot of time. We usually take 5-6 hours to complete the photos. There are photos that are limited by the lack of original materials, so it takes us up to 18 hours to complete,” Trung shared.

Mr. Trung (from third left) with group members.

According to Mr. Trung, there were many difficulties in implementing the project. Although the village chief and the commune People's Committee supported and helped to send information about the project to the villagers, many families still could not access the group.

Many families are still busy recovering from the flood or have difficulty connecting to the Skyline – Net Anh Vuon Bao group to receive support. Therefore, he and his group members plan to organize a trip to Nu village to meet the villagers, get accurate information and documents to be able to restore many photos for the unfortunate families here.

What warmed Mr. Trung and his team's hearts was that after being widely shared on social networks, the Skyline - Storm-Catching Photo Project was well received and welcomed by everyone. Many people in the profession, after learning about the project, registered to help create photos with the group. And many strangers, who only knew about the project through a Facebook post, also registered and volunteered to go with the group to Nu village to help the people.

“Restoring a photo is not simply a matter of piecing together broken pieces. It is a process that requires meticulousness, patience and dedication. With the desire to complete the project as soon as possible so that the photos can be handed over to the flood victims, Trung and the team members have been and will be devoting all their efforts, putting aside their personal work to focus on the project,” said Trung.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/xuc-dong-chuyen-phuc-dung-anh-cho-nhung-gia-dinh-o-lang-nu-192241006224539811.htm