Mese was 83 years old and had a wooden house in Turkey. On January 22, 2018, a gas explosion changed everything in seconds: the flames swallowed his home while he barely managed to escape with his life. 🔥
Firefighters rescued him along with his cat, the only living being that survived among the rubble. Someone captured the moment when Mese, leaning on his cane and with eyes heavy with a sadness difficult to describe, held the animal against his chest as if it were the most valuable thing he had left in the world. Because it was.
The photo traveled the world within hours. While Mese was hospitalized for minor injuries, gifts began arriving at the hospital from all over, many of them meant for his cat. The International Red Cross took charge of gathering them when he was discharged. 🐱❤️
