He is Yang Peng, the firefighting hero in the Huanghua Airport bus arson incident, and on a trip home to visit relatives, he was maliciously set on fire by gangsters on the bus.
In the face of danger, he stepped forward. Orderly command passengers to get off the bus and rush into the sea of fire many times to save people. With his own flesh and blood, he exchanged the lives of more than 40 passengers for safety.
However, he was seriously injured by the fire, and during his hospitalization, he was "blessed by misfortune" and gained love.
1. An accident occurred during the visit
In the early morning of July 21, 2010, after leaving the army, Yang Peng took the earliest bus to the airport. After 2 years in the Navy, this day was the day he went home to visit his family.
After the plane landed, he called his mother to report that he was safe. On the other end of the phone, my mother was very happy, saying that she had just gone to the market to buy a lot of vegetables, and was preparing to enter the kitchen at this time, and after telling him to pay attention to safety on the road, her mother hung up the phone.
From the airport to home, he had to take a bus to the city first, and he quickly followed the crowd to get on the bus from Huanghua International Airport to Changsha city.
Yang Peng found a window seat to sit down. It was a bit hot on this day, plus there were many people, and the air in the car was a little stuffy. The sunlight hit the window glass, which was very dazzling, and Yang Peng lifted it up and pulled the curtain of the car window.
The car quickly galloped on the highway, and the people in the car were also a little tired, most of them leaning on the seats and falling asleep. The carriage, which had been somewhat noisy, soon became quiet. Yang Peng closed his eyes and tried to take a nap for a while, but he couldn't sleep at all.
He was happy. Dressing up in a military uniform is every boy's dream from childhood, and so is Yang Peng. Now, he has finally realized this dream.
After the college entrance examination, with the support of his parents, he filled in the favorite naval university and was admitted. After graduation, he entered the army, and when he first issued his uniform, he held the uniform and did not let go, excited and excited.
Then he couldn't wait to put on his military uniform, took a lot of photos, and sent them to his parents and friends, hoping that they would also see what they looked like in the military uniform of their dreams.
In the photo, Yang Peng stands in a military salute, with a straight posture and a firm and proud gaze.
Putting on a military uniform means being a real soldier. Shoulder the responsibility and responsibility on the body, can not live up to this military uniform, nor can it live up to the expectations of parents for themselves.
Thinking of this, Yang Peng's body sat more upright. In the past two years in the army, there have been hardships and honors, and more are thoughts and worries. This time I can finally go home. He thought that when he got home, he must give his parents a big hug. At night, I want to pull the two of them to nag and nag...
Suddenly, overhead flew a burning red nylon bag and rolled all the way to the cab. Yang Peng instantly bounced off his seat and wanted to rush forward to throw the bag out.
Almost at the same time, flames rose up in the air and ignited the seats of the front half of the carriage. In the face of the sudden fire, for a time, the passengers panicked and desperately squeezed in the direction of the car door. The screams of women and the cries of children in the whole carriage were chaotic.
The fire burned more and more vigorously, and the passengers panicked out of fear and frantically pushed forward. The car was already densely packed, and under the chaotic crowding of bees, it was even more crowded. Several other children were tripped and fell to the ground, crying and calling their mothers. The child's mother has long been squeezed not far away, and she wants to turn back to save the child, but she can't help herself.
The scene was out of control for a while, and at this critical moment, Yang Peng, who had the opportunity to escape, yelled at the crowd, "Don't crowd, evacuate in an orderly manner." While flipping from the seat next to him to the back of the car to rush to save people, he picked up the fallen child, picked up the safety hammer in the car and quickly broke the window, handed the child out of the window to the hands of the outside passengers, and then turned back to help the passengers behind him roll over from the window.
From this smashed window of life, Yang Peng sent out one passenger after another. At this time, most of the passengers had escaped from the carriage, but Yang Peng remained on the car.
He has trained in the army for many years and has extensive experience in fire fighting. At this time, the carriage was already covered with smoke, and the naked eye alone could not tell which passengers had not escaped. He could only shout, "There's no one else, there's no one." Soon a few faint responses came from the rear on the right.
He rushed over to look for the passengers, and found several injured passengers still lying on the ground, choking into a lot of smoke and almost falling unconscious.
Yang Peng dragged them out of the corner one by one, and then pulled the passengers on their backs and carried them out of the fire. As he went deeper into the carriage again and again, he had been burned in multiple places on his body. But in the face of human life, he couldn't take much care of it.
Just as he rushed into the burning carriage again, the flames had already burst out several meters high, accompanied by a huge explosion, and the strong air jets spewed out pushed Yang Peng aside. The back of the carriage quickly turned into a sea of fire, and the fire quickly spread to his clothes, and Yang Peng's sleeves and trouser legs were on fire.
He rolled around the carriage a few times, trying to extinguish the flames on his body. But in the end it was in vain, the time was too late, the whole car was already covered with a huge fireball, if you don't seize the time, the carriage will explode again at any time.
With almost all his last strength, he dragged another passenger, who was already on fire, out of the carriage.
When Yang Peng got out of the car, the passengers only saw half of the fireball moving. His arms and legs were filled with flames. The face and body have been smoked so much that they can't see the face.
In the end, more than 40 passengers on the car, except for Yang Peng, who was seriously injured and two passengers died due to suffocation and ineffective rescue, the remaining 44 passengers were successfully out of danger.
2. Heroes of Fire
Because on the highway, the ambulance roared over when it was already an hour later, and then Yang Peng was rushed to the hospital.
The doctor diagnosed 90% of Yang Peng's body burns, of which 40% were deep second-degree injuries and 40% were third-degree burns.
A large area of his skin had been burned black and purple, and his fingers were burned and glued together. The skin on the chest and forearm is even shiny white, which is already a severe burn patient.
In order to rescue the fire hero, the doctor immediately launched a rescue. Establishment of intravenous ventilation pathway anti-shock, bedside tracheostomy, wound incision and destitution.....
By the time Yang Peng was pulled back from the brink of death, the doctor was exhausted. However, for patients with severe burns, this is only the first level, and there are countless levels to be broken later.
In order to save the ear, the doctor wets it with thick salt water, which is undoubtedly sprinkling salt on the wound.
He had severe burns to his right hand and had to undergo surgery in order to preserve his right hand. However, it can be easily infected after surgery and is once again life-threatening. But Yang Peng still gritted his teeth and survived.
Receiving the news, the parents rushed to the hospital and watched their once healthy son, now covered in gauze, lying motionless on the hospital bed, and tears of pain fell down.
But the son has not yet passed the dangerous period, and the doctor said that there will be a risk of shock at any time. The parents are old and cannot bear the blow, so they can only pray day and night that their son can wake up quickly.
A month later, Yang Peng, who had undergone several surgeries large and small, finally passed the dangerous period, but greater challenges were still to come.
When changing the medicine, it is necessary to tear open the layers of gauze wrapped in the wound and the adhesion skin, and every time a piece of gauze is removed, there is a bleeding wound, and every time the medicine is changed, it will be torn once, this process is like a human purgatory, a living peel.
Usually many patients will completely collapse after two or three drug changes, and as long as they see the doctor come in, they will tremble with fear. When it came time to change the medicine, the entire burn ward echoed with cries of pain.
Only Yang Peng never said a word, and this iron-boned boy never cried out a single cry of pain or shed a tear.
When it was most uncomfortable, he silently sang a military song in his heart, supporting himself to survive with difficulty.
Even yang Lingyun, the head nurse, couldn't help but sigh: "I have been in the burn department for more than 20 years, and this is the first time I have seen such a strong person." ”
But the Iron Man also had times when he couldn't bear it, he had serious burns all over his body and had to undergo extensive skin grafting surgery. After the operation, the anesthetic passed, and the whole person trembled with pain and fainted several times.
What is even more uncomfortable is that after the skin graft surgery, the flesh and the skin just implanted do not fit perfectly. A cast needs to be pressed on the chest or neck, and if it is accidentally moved, the skin will also slide with it. The skin that has just been planted will also all die, and all you can do is grit your teeth.
After being reborn from the fire, Yang Peng talked about the act of seeing righteousness and courage on the bus, saying that this is what he should do, which is his duty as a soldier.
After the troops learned of Yang Peng's heroic deeds, they recorded him for the second class merit and awarded him a bonus of 20,000 yuan for seeing the righteous bravery, and the passengers also spontaneously donated 6,000 yuan to express their gratitude. However, Yang Peng later donated this money to the Hunan Provincial Volunteer Courage Foundation.
3. Harvest love after being reborn from the fire
Everyone praises Yang Peng as a hero who sees righteousness and courage, but only Yang Peng knows it in his heart.
He is just an ordinary person, he is not as strong as everyone thinks, he also has extremely fragile times, but the boy has tears and does not flick, and he can only break his teeth and swallow in his heart.
The postoperative recovery period is long and painful. Because of the loss of most of the sweat glands due to burns, the body can not sweat and heat, the itch is incomparable, and dare not scratch.
His body was covered with scars of horror and ugliness, his entire face was burned to the ground, and even his hands were disabled. Even if you survive, you have to endure both physical and mental torture.
My dreams, the life of a sound person, and the beautiful life of the future, at this moment, I am afraid that I will have to scribble.
But fate is sometimes so strange, when you are about to fall down, it will bring you the power to be reborn.
At this time, a woman named Huang Rong walked into Yang Peng's life.
Huang Rong is Yang Peng's high school classmate, and the two have little contact after graduating from high school. After learning about Yang Peng's deeds from the classmate group, she took leave from her unit to visit the hospital.
When Huang Rong walked into Yang Peng's hospital room, Yang Peng was lying on the bed dripping, his hands and legs were covered with gauze. He wanted to drink water, so he trembled and stretched out a hand to take the cup next to him. But because his hands were shaking so badly, he almost knocked over the water cup.
All this was seen by Huang Rong, who took a big step forward and preemptively helped him pick up the water cup and handed it to Yang Peng. Seeing my former classmates, I used to have a gun, but now it is difficult to even get a glass of water. Immediately her eyes were a little red, and she only felt pain and discomfort.
She took a few deep breaths and calmed down. After asking about Yang Peng's specific situation, after learning that she had passed the dangerous period and now slowly recovered, her hanging heart fell a little.
Then the unit called and told Huang Rong that there were some things that needed to be dealt with. She hurriedly said goodbye to Yang Peng and left. After returning home, Huang Rong always remembered Yang Peng, as long as the work was busy, as soon as she had time, she would run to the ward to visit Yang Peng.
Sometimes he cut fruit for him, and sometimes the two recalled interesting things that happened in high school, talked about excitement, and even smiled and leaned forward and backward in the ward. The aunt in the next bed saw the scene of the two laughing, and would also quip, "Little girl, since you came, the young man's laughter has been much more than before." ”
When the two of them listened, they blushed shyly, and the redness reached the root of their ears. Their feelings also heated up rapidly in the day-to-day relationship.
Yang Peng was attracted by Huang Rong's enthusiasm and cheerfulness, and Huang Rong also felt that Yang Peng was a good man with responsibility and responsibility.
But in the face of a further relationship, Yang Peng hesitated.
Today, he has no handsome appearance, and even if he recovers well in the future, he will not be able to return to the past. He felt that he was not qualified to pursue love, not to mention that Huang Rong was such an excellent girl, he was afraid that he would not be able to give her happiness.
Perhaps seeing Yang Peng's doubts, Huang Rong offered to marry him. No matter how Yang Peng retreated, Huang Rong still insisted.
In the end, Yang Peng was shaken and decided to accept this love.
However, when Huang Rong told her parents about this matter, she was strongly opposed by her family. In the eyes of the family, the daughter still has a bright future and a good life, obviously has a better choice, why choose a disabled person covered with scars.
Huang Rong cried and told her parents about Yang Peng's heroic deeds over and over again, and she told her parents that she believed in him, a boy who could fight against strangers, was a hero, let alone to her. His parents finally agreed to his marriage to Yang Peng.
In February 2012, Yang Peng and Huang Rong held a wedding.
After marriage, under the careful care of Huang Rong, Yang Peng's body gradually recovered, and also ushered in the crystallization of love.
The arrival of the child has brought too many surprises and joy to the little two. The responsibilities and burdens on his body are also more arduous, and Yang Peng secretly vows not only to be a good husband, but also to become a good father, and strive to be a role model for his children.
4. Return to work
After two and a half years of treatment and recovery, Yang Peng returned to the army.
Considering Yang Peng's physical condition, he was transferred to the logistics department to deal with some of the easier work in writing.
From the front-line practical department to the logistics, many people will have difficulty accepting the huge gap. But Yang Peng did not have any complaints, he actively exercised and worked seriously. I look forward to one day fully recovering and returning to the frontline department to fight alongside my teammates.
Subsequently, Yang Peng won the honorary titles of National Seeing Righteous Courage as an Advanced Individual, Hunan Province Seeing Righteous Courage as an Advanced Individual, and was also selected into the "China Good People List".
Today's Yang Peng still has scars on his ears, face, and arms, and he still can't cover them by wearing a tight naval uniform. In the face of past experiences and sufferings, Yang Peng has long been relieved.
He even joked with his colleagues that he would not have to worry about being robbed if he walked at night.
Today, Yang Peng's body has fully recovered, and he has returned to the service of the army, and in the post he loves, he continues to dedicate his youth and blood and adhere to the dream of defending his family and defending the country.
The couple's life also became more and more prosperous, and they moved into a new home with a new house. His wife Huang Rong has also become the backbone of the unit's business, while her parents enjoy their old age in their hometown.
Lu Xun once said, "Since ancient times, we have had people who buried their heads in hard work, people who worked hard with all their might, people who asked for the people's lives, and people who sacrificed their lives to seek the law... This is the backbone of China. ”
In our lives, there are many people's heroes like Yang Peng.
In a seemingly prosperous and splendid city, silent dedication. There are no good years in this world, but someone is carrying the weight for you.
They have many identities and responsibilities, are soldiers, children of their parents, and superheroes in people's eyes.
They stand up in times of danger and protect lives with their flesh and blood.
It is their iron bones that have written the miracle of China for five thousand years.
Every hero should be remembered.