Meet the couple who have lived in wells for 22 years, their story is sad (Photo)

Meet the couple who have lived in wells for 22 years, their story is sad (Photo)

Maria Garcia and her husband Miguel Restrepo have been living in a well for years. At one time they were addicted to drugs and led a wandering life. In short, it was the night cover. Now they've been living down for 22 years on what was once a sewer network in Colombia. Though [...]

Maria Garcia and her husband Miguel Restrepo have been living in a well for years.

At one time they were addicted to drugs and led a wandering life. In short, it was the night cover.

Now they've been living down for 22 years on what was once a sewer network in Colombia.

Although for most of us a well can never be an ideal home, for these two people it is the place where they have found happiness.

They are happy within that space, and even the institutions have connected electricity to them. The only one they're looking for is a better TV than the one they have.

Miguel Restrepo, 62, and if Maria Garcia (R) make Christmas houses out of their home power in Medelli. (Albeiro Lopera/Reuters)

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