It began as an ordinary day on November 13, 2008, for Dallas Wiens, a young man from Fort Worth, Texas. But a routine job painting the exterior of Ridglea Baptist Church would change his life forever. In a split second, Wiens’ forehead made contact with a high-voltage power line, setting off a chain of events that would not only devastate his life but also capture the attention and sympathy of the world.
Dallas Wiens was working atop a boom lift when the unimaginable happened. The high-voltage wire delivered a shock so powerful that it burned away his entire face. The impact was immediate and catastrophic—Wiens was left without eyes, a nose, or lips, his identity seemingly erased in an instant. Rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, surgeons fought to save his life, performing over a dozen procedures to remove the dead tissue and reconstruct what they could of his face.
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