Preston Cobb’s life tremendously changed just 22 days before his wedding after he was involved in a chemical spill accident. As a result, he lost his left leg, all of the toes on his right foot and all of his fingers on both hands except his thumbs. As well as suffering severe burns on his body. While lying in his hospital bed, he told his fiancée, Tanesha Cobb, that he would understand if she didn’t want to go forward with their wedding. “I wouldn’t blame her,” said Preston Cobb, 34. “She looked at me like I was crazy.” Tanesha wasn’t going anywhere. “I was just thankful that he was still alive,” Tanesha, 33, told People. “It doesn’t change the person he is inside. It doesn’t change the love that he shows me every single day.” With the help of the nursing staff, the pair was able to keep their wedding date of July 22, 2023 and tied the knot in the hospital. “That day showed me that true love never fails, it will always come through,” Preston said.

The couple from Georgia has known each other their entire life. “I’ve always had a crush on her,” said Preston, who admitted that he thought she was out of his league. In April 2020, he started messaging her on social media. “She kept friend-zoning me,” he recalled. “She finally gave me a chance, and we’ve been rocking ever since.” By September 2020, they were engaged.

Tanesha was at the airport about to board her flight to New Orleans for her bachelorette trip when Preston called her to tell her about his accident. “I knew he wasn’t okay and that he needed me,” recalled Tanesha. Preston told Tanesha that he was not the same man that she agreed to marry and offered to release her from the engagement. “I knew it was going to be a very long road for recovery,” he said. “This is not how I imagined us spending the rest of our lives together.” Tanesha stood by him, telling him that this would not change her love for him and how much she wanted to be with him. “She makes life worth living,” said Preston, who has had more than 40 surgeries to date. “God knew what he was doing when he put us together. Thank you God. You have literally placed an angel to take care of me and be with me.”