In their final years, Jim and Shirley faced cancers, fractures, infections, neurological illness.

Nour and Hamid work hand in hand in Aleppo, and they have been on the brink of death several times.

VanDyke and Kelze faced aerial bombardment, artillery, mortars, snipers, and the persistent threat of kidnapping.

And then, in desperation, when confronted with the growing chain of evidence, they sought to remedy the situation by getting married

A man and a woman... perhaps husband and wife, who knows?