In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, a volunteer named Chen Yan came into the public eye.
As one of the first volunteers to enter Dujiangyan to participate in the rescue, and the first volunteer to enter The Town of Hanwang, the hardest hit area at that time,
Chen Yan did not fail in his mission, fought for 80 hours in succession, saved a total of 29 lives from the ruins, and was praised as "the most cattle volunteer!" ”
After 10 years, that is, in 2018, Chen Yan also entered everyone's vision.
Only this time there is no longer the glory of 10 years ago, he is in prison!
From a volunteer with great love to a prisoner in prison uniform, what has this man experienced in 10 years? Why did his life take such a turn?
The most cattle volunteers
May 12, 2008 is a day that contemporary Chinese people can never forget in their lifetime, a huge earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred at 31.0° north latitude and 103.4° east longitude, and the address - Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province.
In an instant, houses collapsed, communications were interrupted, transportation facilities were damaged, and everything in the eye was a ruin.
Next to the ruins, a cry of blood, a cry of tearing hearts and lungs..... The air was filled with the smell of blood and dust.
At this moment, one side has difficulties, eight parties support, volunteers from all over the country have joined the ranks of rescuers,
They practiced what they preached, and rushed to the disaster area one after another.
Among them, in the rescue team of Dongqi Middle School in Hanwang Town, Dujiangyan, a hard-hit area, a man with a gaunt face, a thin figure, and a plaid shirt attracted special attention.
Shouting with all his might, he tirelessly walked through the rubble and commanded the rescue team in search and rescue work.
Under his command, the rescue operation was carried out intensely and methodically, with a professionalism that led journalists on the front lines to think that he was the local disaster chief.
After careful questioning, I learned that it turned out to be an ordinary volunteer from Chengdu, and he was Chen Yan.
Chen Yan's heavy forward back touched everyone, looking at the lives saved in the ruins, Chen Yan and other rescuers had forgotten the danger of wave aftershocks, and their faces gradually revealed rare relief.
"As long as you can save people, everything is worth it!" This is Chen Yan's heartfelt sigh after the fact!
That rescue lasted for five days and five nights, Chen Yan only slept for 5 hours, and the most difficult rescue lasted more than 40 hours!
His voice was hoarse, his eyes were red and swollen, and his shirt was soaked, which was a vivid portrayal of Chen Yan's earthquake relief.
The whole rescue process is very arduous, but the vast number of rescuers are always selfless and fearless, not afraid of sacrifice in the most dangerous places, Chen Yan is one of the best.
Chen Yan rescued a total of 29 survivors from the rubble, and once when he and the search and rescue team rescued a student who had been in the rubble for 120 hours, his eyes were full of excitement.
When the reporter came forward to ask him how he was feeling, he said with a smile while clenching his fists with his hands: "Very happy!" "Then continue to devote to the search and rescue work."
In addition to participating in the on-site rescue, Chen Yan also participated in the action of transporting the affected people to designated places.
He successively went to the disaster relief sites in Dujiangyan, Mianzhu and Beichuan, and ran 7 rounds on the Chengguan Expressway, just to move dozens of disaster-stricken people to a safe place.
It is this kind of Chen Yan that has touched the world, and his glorious deeds have also won bursts of applause and flowers.
Everyone called him "the most cattle volunteer!" In the same year, he also won the title of "China's Top Ten Outstanding Volunteers".
For a time, as long as Chen Yan's name appears on the Internet, the following messages must be praise and support.
In fact, in addition to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Chen Yan also participated in the earthquake relief in Lijiang, Yunnan In 1996, and he was also present in the rescue of the 1998 flood in central China.
At this time, Chen Yan is a shining star, surrounded by the light of glory, and at the same time, his love is coming.
On May 12, 2009, the first anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake, Chen Yan and his lover held a wedding.
On why he chose this day for the wedding, Chen Yan said: "Originally, my wedding was scheduled for September 9, which means that the sky is long.
However, after May 12, 2008, I feel that this day should be full of hope, but also to convey a message to the world: "The dead rest in peace, and the living are strong." We have to move on with our lives. ”
So, how did such a highly anticipated disaster relief hero become a prisoner in prison, pushing the time to 2012?
Became a prisoner of the order
In August 2012, police in Deyang City received a report that he had been defrauded of 120,000 yuan, and that the person who had defrauded him of money was Chen Yan, the "most cattle volunteer."
As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked all walks of life, and people could not believe that the volunteers of the past could do such a thing.
After investigation, the person who reported the case was Ms. Liu, a distant relative of Chen Yan.
In early 2012, Chen Yan told her that she could solve the formal establishment for her daughter, but needed a sum of money to make some connections.
Because Chen Yan's fame and honor were remarkable, Ms. Liu believed him, and she initially gave Chen Yan 20,000 yuan as a starting cost.
Soon, Chen Yan asked Ms. Liu to transfer another 100,000 yuan on the grounds that there was not enough money, and Ms. Liu did not think so much, and then transferred 100,000 yuan to Chen Yan.
Unexpectedly, after a few months, the matter of arranging work has not been eyebrows, and Chen Yan has slowly lost contact.
After unable to contact Chen Yan, Ms. Liu suddenly felt that she had been deceived, so she reported the case.
For more than 9 months after that, the police have been looking for Chen Yan, and the first time he spoke to him, Chen Yan resolutely claimed that there was no fraud, and then the phone has been out of a state of inaccessibility.
Until May 29, 2013, Chen Yan was criminally detained by the public security organs on suspicion of fraud.
After review, Chen Yan defrauded Ms. Liu of 120,000 yuan on the pretext of solving the work, and then squandered 120,000 yuan, the evidence was conclusive and the facts were sufficient.
Chen Yan was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 10,000 yuan for committing fraud.
Such an ending may be good enough for Chen Yan, if, at this time, he can calm down and reflect, and change his past mistakes, his life may return to being as calm as before.
However, just as the probation was coming to an end, Chen Yan made another mistake, and in 2016, Chen Yan was caught on the spot for dangerous driving, and this time, he was actually in prison.
This is the consequence of once exceeding the legal standard and the social bottom line, and it is really sad and lamentable that he who once had the courage to take responsibility and actively participated in volunteer service and charity, is now coming to this step because of his ignorance and vanity.
After being imprisoned, Chen Yan had the opportunity to think quietly, he began to think about his ups and downs of life, and he also began to really reflect, all of which were the result of his lofty ambitions and loss of himself in honor.
The impact of becoming a celebrity is too great, and the rewards of honor will evolve into a kind of vanity once they are not well controlled.
Chen Yan recalled that after he won fame, he drifted away.
Driven by the growing vanity, he began to participate in various social activities, began to contact senior leaders from all walks of life, and slowly, his consumption concept and values changed.
From here, he is no longer the rustic, down-to-earth young guy, spending money began to become extravagant, and he often appeared in some high-end entertainment venues.
Lost in the halo
According to the investigation, Chen Yan did not have any fixed income in the year of becoming a celebrity, he quit his job, only relied on his previous savings to live, and the luxurious and decadent life soon put the family's economy into difficulties.
But at this time, he still did not look back, just as Chen Yan said after his arrest: "If the grade is high, it will not be able to go down." ”
Indeed, the 120,000 yuan he cheated from his relative, Ms. Liu, was also spent in high-end entertainment venues, and Chen Yan's mother said: He did not send a cent of this money to his family.
Therefore, hearing that her son had cheated so much money, Chen Yan's mother did not dare to believe it at first.
In the eyes of the villagers, the famous Chen Yan has indeed become less practical and likes to talk big. Every time I returned to the village, I always ran to eat with the township leaders and spread smoke everywhere in the village.
Which family in the village encountered something, he would also take the initiative to say that he was leveling for others, in fact, this was a kind of performance of love of the limelight in the eyes of the villagers, and after he said it, he never really settled anything for the villagers.
The volunteers who participated in the earthquake relief with Chen Yan also had this feeling.
In the 2010 Yushu earthquake relief, Zhou Xiaohua, captain of the Sichuan Emergency Rescue Volunteer Service Corps, said:
"He has become a bit of a showman, everyone is busy searching for and rescuing the victims, but he only cares about dealing with the leaders and the media."
In the subsequent series of rescue work contacts, Chen Yan's tendency to like to be in the limelight became more and more obvious, and the enthusiasm for rescue was no more than usual.
Like the Zhouqu mudslide rescue, Chen Yan originally set off with them, but in the end he did not arrive at the scene, but went to the place of the non-disaster area.
At this time, Chen Yan did not know that he had lost his way, and he was still using the aura of a celebrity to drift away on the road across the track until he fell into the abyss.....
Life is like a drama, Chen Yan's life ups and downs are worth pondering, fame and fortune did not harm him, it was vanity and desire that harmed him.
10 years have passed, the past fame and profit for Chen Yan has become a popular person in the past, today's Chen Yan is in need of a new start, I hope that with experience and lessons, Chen Yan can wake up and return to the sunny Kangzhuang Avenue again.
Finally, I hope that everyone who is surrounded by flowers can not forget their original intentions, and only by always maintaining a kind and enterprising initial heart, the dazzling brilliance will never fade.