On July 20, Zhengzhou was extremely heavy. Yuan Zhitian, 65, has been watching the TV all day, while his second son, Yuan Gebing, works in the flood-hit city. "I don't know how my son is, whether it's safe on the construction site..." The old man chanted.
On August 25, Yuan Zhitian saw his son on television. Yuan Gebing fought for 16 hours in the jingguang road tunnel, which was the worst hit by heavy rains and floods, and rescued more than 50 trapped people. Yuan Gebing said: "When the epidemic was over, everyone supported our Hubei, and when I think of this, I just take care of saving people." ”
The CCTV news channel "24 Hours" produced a 10-minute and 37-second feature film for him, praising the Shiyan Fangxian boy as a "civilian hero in the flood."
Yuan Gebing at work. (Hubei Daily correspondent Wu Wanchao, Wang Jun photo)
After 16 hours of soaking, more than 50 trapped people were rescued
On July 20, Zhengzhou, which has experienced continuous heavy rainfall, ushered in a rare exceptionally heavy rainstorm, and Yuan Gebing, who participated in the construction of the Zhengzhou metro in the construction team of the First Bureau of China Railway, rode a bicycle to the intersection of Jingguang Road, saw the "blockage of porridge" under the viaduct, and he decided to help, standing at the intersection to help evacuate vehicles. Around 2 p.m., the water began to soar. Yuan Gebing wades out of a road and guides passers-by to take shelter in a place with high terrain.
The water rose faster and faster, higher and higher, and the Jingguang Road Tunnel became a river. Yuan Gebing began to save people. In shallow water, he pulled people directly to the shore; where the water was deep, he fished out the foam board, put it on the board, and slowly pushed it to a safe place. After a few hours of drying, his legs suddenly cramped, and he sat on the side of the road for less than a minute and then plunged into the water; to catch his breath, he treaded the water and lay down to swim in the water.
Yuan Gebing has rheumatism, knee arthritis, a few years ago had a serious illness, the doctor advised not to do heavy work, stay up late, cold, but this day, he accounted for everything.
Yuan Gebing said that he was not the only one who saved people at that time. Someone swam over to set up a handle when he was exhausted, and someone handed him a rope from the shore. When it was almost dark, the fire brigade arrived to see that Yuan Gebing had good water and gave him a lifebuoy. He tied one end of the rope to his waist and one end to the lifebuoy to continue the search and rescue.
From the afternoon to the early morning of the 2nd day, Yuan Gebing hardly rested. Really tired, he went to the temporary resettlement site for ten minutes, nibbled on a bun, looked at the dark night and the rain outside, put down his clothes and went out again.
Back on the shore, it was already 4 a.m. on the 21st. He soaked in the water for 16 hours and rescued more than 50 trapped people.
Zheng Shuxin, a propaganda committee member of Yaoping Township in Fangxian County, saw the news of Yuan Gebing's rescue from the Internet and contacted him at the first time. Yuan Gebing is very calm, he feels that everything he does is "taken for granted": "When the epidemic was over, everyone supported Hubei, and when I thought of this, I just took care of saving people." ”
Yuan Gebing. Photo courtesy of the interviewee (Source: China Youth Daily)
"Now I have a family in Zhengzhou too"
Zhang Ping, 56, was one of the trapped people rescued by Yuan Gebing. At that time, she had been wading in the rain for a long time with chest-deep water, and her legs were soaked and swollen, "Fighting the Cold War, I was particularly afraid." ”
When Yuan Gebing swam over for the first time, Zhang Ping did not dare to go with him. Seeing that Yuan Gebing had saved several people in a row, Zhang Ping had a bottom in her heart, hugged a swimming ring he had dragged over, and swam out together.
After the water receded, Zhang Ping inquired around and got Yuan Gebing's phone number, but he did not get through for 3 consecutive days, "especially worried about his accident." ”
Zhang Ping did not know that when saving people, Yuan Gebing suspected that things on his body were in the way, and put his mobile phone, ID card, and bank card in a plastic bag, all of which were washed away by the water.
On July 26, someone picked up a plastic bag because the package was so tight that the phone did not have water. The person who picked up the mobile phone finally found Yuan Gebing after many contacts and returned the mobile phone. Yuan Gebing is very happy, this mobile phone was saved last year for 2,000 yuan to buy.
He said that there are still many good people in this world.
When saving people that day, there was a man who weighed more than 200 pounds, worried that he would crush the foam board and drag Yuan Gebing down, and kept letting him go. Many trapped people asked Yuan Gebing for a mobile phone number, and some people took out money to thank them. The owner of a nearby restaurant saw that Yuan Gebing was too tired to bring two bottles of mineral water. Yuan Gebing said to give money afterwards, and the boss replied: You don't even want to save people's lives, what do I want you to do with money? Someone transferred 10,000 yuan to Yuan Gebing through WeChat. He did not want, the well-meaning citizens of Zhengzhou snatched his mobile phone and accepted the donation.
After Yuan Gebing returned the money for the clinic and restaurant, he donated 2200 yuan to the Zhengzhou Red Cross Society. He said that "20" is "love you."
On August 1, Zhang Ping found Yuan Gebing, and the two met and chatted like brothers and sisters. Yuan Gebing said that he heard that he was injured when he saved people that day, and the company immediately took him to go for a full-body physical examination, and now he is in good health. Zhang Ping said that you are so good to strangers, and you are certainly not bad for your daughter-in-law, and you want to introduce yuan Gebing to the object.
Yuan Gebing saved Zhang Ping's mobile phone number, noting "Aunt Zhengzhou, Henan", "Now I also have a family in Zhengzhou." ”
Yuan Gebing rescued in the Jingguang North Road Tunnel. Video screenshots
Always available to help people in need
Mountain people are accustomed to going to bed early, but August 25 is an exception. At 11 o'clock in the evening, Yuan Gebing called his father, still a little embarrassed, "CCTV will release my film in a while, you can watch it together." ”
The two elders, Yuan Gebing's eldest brother, sat on the sofa together and watched the feature film.
Seeing Yuan Gebing saving people in the rainstorm, the three of them were proud and heart-wrenching; seeing the wounds left by the iron cut on his feet, the two elders bowed their heads; seeing the rescued people praising Yuan Gebing one by one, all three of them smiled happily.
At the end of the program, the host commented: "The kindness, integrity and bravery of the heart made Yuan Gebing burst out of great strength at that moment, and he was like a light in the flood, illuminating the hope of life." ”
Yuan Zhitian said: "This boy is still bold, he has lost his physical strength, and he has saved so many people, which is really a great thing." ”
Yuan Gebing used his roommate's phone number to report to his home on July 23 that he was safe. Yuan Zhitian's mobile phone was muted and did not hear. Yuan Gebing called the village director Du Zhulin, who ran to Yuan's house to see it, and then called Yuan Gebing: "You are a hero in Zhengzhou to save people. Rest assured inside the home, we will take care of it. ”
The party and government leaders of Yaoping Township went to Yuan Zhitian's house at the first time, sent rice, noodles, and oil, and raised the minimum guarantee standards for the two elders.
Chen Xinglin, vice president of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., chairman and general manager of Dongfeng Auto Parts (Group) Co., Ltd., contacted yuan Gebing and welcomed him to work at the Zhengzhou factory of Dongfeng Parts, "If you want to go back to Shiyan, you are also welcome to work at the Shiyan base." ”
Yuan Gebing thought twice and refused the kindness of Dongfeng Company. He said that his physical condition is not very good, he has been working on the subway site before, has not worked in the automobile industry, "not to add trouble to Dongfeng Company." ”
On July 30, the First Bureau of China Railway transferred Yuan Gebing from a labor worker to a regular employee and adjusted him from a welder position to an on-site management position. Li Haisheng, deputy general manager of China Railway First Bureau And Four Company, said that Yuan Gebing stepped forward in the face of disaster, was very responsible, and had rich construction experience, hoping to cultivate him into an excellent professional.
"I was very homesick, thinking about my parents, my brother and my sister. No matter where I work, I will treat it as my home, treat the people around me as my family, and my heart will be very warm. In the future, when I retire, I will go to the public welfare and help those who need help. Yuan Gebing said.
Hubei Daily (Reporter Rao Yangcan, Dai Wenhui, Correspondent Li Xianjiang, Du Dawei)
Source: Jingchu Network