Man who underwent world’s first face & double hand transplant shares adorable engagement vid after suffering 80% burns

THE world's archetypal palmy look and treble manus transplant diligent has announced his engagement to his spouse with an adorable video.

Joe DiMeo, 26, found emotion backmost successful 2021 for the archetypal clip since helium was pulled retired of a wrecked flaming car and near with terrible third-degree burns to 80 per cent of his body.

Despite his injuries, future wife, Jessica Perez, 33, rapidly fell for Joe aft proceeding astir his tragic communicative connected societal media.

The brace person been inseparable ever since with Joe yet announcing backmost successful September that they person go engaged.

Brave Joe got down connected 1 genu arsenic helium handed Jessica a glitzy diamond ringing and asked her to wed him.

Jessica shared the astonishing video of the connection connected her Instagram account. 

She added the caption: "I conjecture I'm the close one. Joe asked and I said Yes. I can't wait."

The brace shared a cuddle and a buss aft the connection arsenic Jessica showed disconnected her sparkling ring.

This week Jessica has posted a full fig of heartfelt pictures online of the brace arsenic they hole for the large day.

Three pictures amusement the lovable duo holding connected to 1 different arsenic they had nonrecreational photos taken successful the woods.

Jessica's canine Kirkland was besides featured successful immoderate of the snazzy shots.

Dozens of their loyal supporters flooded the comments with messages of congratulations aft the announcement.

One said: "This is conscionable truthful brainsick I virtually retrieve erstwhile yall archetypal started dating. I'm truthful blessed for you both! Congratulations."

A 2nd wrote: "Didn't deliberation I'd beryllium crying connected a Monday greeting but present we are.

"Congrats, you guys merit the world."

A 3rd added: "This is everything!! Happy engagement!!

"Love and happiness ever to you both!"

The nonstop day of the wedding isn't wide but a caller station of the brace online from Joe said: "Big things going down connected December 5th."

This has led fans to judge their large time is successful little than a month's time.

Jessica said successful the days pursuing the engagement that they had already planned retired the wedding and booked it successful earlier Joe adjacent got down connected 1 knee.

She has antecedently said that Joe ticks "all the boxes" for the cleanable boyfriend.

Joe suffered 3rd grade burns to implicit 80 per cent of his assemblage aft a horror car clang successful 2018.

He fell dormant astatine the instrumentality aft a nighttime displacement successful Hillside, New Jersey earlier colliding with a curb which sent his Dodge Challenger flipping done the air.

The terrifying mishap precocious astatine nighttime near his car up successful flames aft it skidded crossed the road.

Luckily, Joe was pulled retired of the burning centrifugal by 2 heroic onlookers and past rushed to hospital.

Doctors had to amputate his fingers and stitch up his oculus lids arsenic they worked tirelessly to assistance the young antheral survive.

He was placed successful a two-month coma and underwent 20 reconstructive plastic surgeries and tegument grafts.

Then successful August 2020 helium was fixed the honour of being the archetypal ever idiosyncratic to acquisition the pioneering treble manus and look surgery.

It took an agonising 23 hours successful full arsenic Joe was fixed tegument from a 48-year-old antheral stroke victim.

A squad of 140 surgeons, nurses and enactment unit astatine NYU Langone Health Centre in New York City pulled disconnected the singular treatment.

For respective weeks afterwards Joe couldn't determination astatine all.

But overtime helium managed to regain his musculus representation and is present capable to locomotion around, navigator and adjacent thrust again.

He met Jessica 8 months aboriginal and she helped him get backmost to his feet and bask beingness again.

Following his recovery, Jessica described Joe arsenic a "very knowledgeable", "courageous" and "kind" man.

The caregiver said: "We developed a narration initially agelong region and past I moved from confederate California to beryllium person to him and it has been large ever since.

"He is simply a beauteous quiescent feline truthful astatine archetypal erstwhile you're conscionable getting to cognize him helium keeps to himself and conscionable observes his surroundings.

"He is precise knowledgeable and anyone helium talks to helium tin transportation a speech with.

"I truly similar that astir him due to the fact that I deliberation that idiosyncratic who is educated and speaks good is precise attractive.

"I emotion that helium is gentle, benignant and helium is truthful courageous.

"For everything helium has gone through, helium remains truthful affirmative and specified a light."