For the indomitable weak, pain and misfortune mercilessly cultivate the land of his heart like an iron plow. Although the iron plough has ploughed ravines soaked with blood and tears in this land, it can sow seeds, can reproduce new life, and there is hope for the autumn harvest.
A sudden disaster
The earth shakes, landslides crack, rocks tumble, rivers blocked!
A sudden earthquake centered on the Longmen Mountain Range area in western Sichuan struck a land area of 440,000 square kilometers! In an instant, more than 100,000 square kilometers of buildings were razed to the ground; In an instant, more than 370,000 people were injured and nearly 100,000 killed! This earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale and reaching 11 degrees in intensity shook the entire earth, and even the Tokyo area in Japan and Bangkok in Thailand were also noticeably felt!
This is 14:28 on May 12, 2008.
Zhou Xinghe never dreamed that he would experience such a catastrophe in his life that would not happen in a century; He also did not expect that in this tragic earthquake, he would once again pass by the Grim Reaper!
When the sudden earthquake hit, Zhou Xinghe was in the office. This morning, after he got up, he somehow felt restless and restless. At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, he suddenly faintly heard a dull voice coming from nowhere, from far and near, from small to large. Before he could return to his senses, the things on his desk suddenly trembled inexplicably; Immediately afterwards, the contents of the filing cabinet kept falling, and in an instant, the whole building began to shake violently!
"Oops, earthquake!" In an instant, he reacted, quickly ran outside, and loudly ordered the company employees to quickly evacuate the workplace.
"Where did the earthquake happen, and how big was it?" After people evacuated their workplaces, aftershocks continued and houses were shaking. Dense crowds gathered on the streets and in the clearing, everyone was asking each other, but all communication was cut off, which made people anxious, even panicked and fearful. Faced with this unprecedented situation, everyone felt very dazed. That evening, Zhou Xinghe learned from television that the center of this earthquake was in Wenchuan County, more than 100 kilometers away from Chengdu, with a magnitude of 8, affecting more than 10 counties and cities in western Sichuan and the border areas of Shaanxi and Gansu, and has caused huge casualties!
That night, aftershocks continued in waves. Zhou Xinghe stayed in the open-air tent and could not sleep at all. That night was the hardest and longest night in Zhou Xinghe's life. He was anxious to think about what he and his company could do for the people in the disaster during the disaster. Late at night, communication was finally restored after more than 10 hours of interruption. He couldn't wait to get a call from several company leaders, gathered them together, and held an emergency meeting around the tent to discuss assistance to the disaster area.
"Tomorrow the company will stop working, and we will consider resuming work when we have the exact news." When disaster comes, it is the responsibility of the husband. At present, we are mainly cooperating with the government to do a good job in earthquake relief. Zhou Xinghe said to several leaders. The most needed food and drinking water in the disaster area at present, we must act quickly, prepare these materials tomorrow morning, and rush to the disaster area immediately! ”
"Now the aftershocks are constant, and it is still dangerous to enter the disaster area." One company leader said, "Well, let's go, and you stay home and take care of the company." ”
"As soon as the company stops, there is not much to do." Zhou Xinghe waved his hand, "It's because of the danger that I can't escape." Forget it, don't say any more, tomorrow I will lead the team. ”
"I heard that traffic restrictions have been implemented along the way, what should I do if cars are not allowed in?"
"It doesn't matter, the car can go wherever it goes. If not, we will carry food and water for disaster relief to the victims. ”
There was no moon and no stars that night, and Zhou Xinghe sat by the tent and also had no sleep. As soon as dawn broke, despite the repeated dissuasion of his family, Zhou Xinghe and the company's employees rushed to the supermarket to buy a cart of rice, instant noodles, edible oil, mineral water and other materials urgently needed in the disaster area, and at the same time brought 300,000 yuan in cash, and hurried to Dujiangyan. The car sped all the way west. As soon as I entered the disaster area, the situation in front of me was really shocking and miserable. Before reaching the Dujiangyan urban area, countless houses have collapsed along the way, and the open field is full of homeless people and injured people. When you get to Dujiangyan, it's even more unrecognizable, full of ruins and blood stains of rubble. Thousands of living beings, buried under the rubble in an instant, devoured alive by collapsed houses; The wounded rescued by the rescue team were gathered together for rescue!
God is merciless! Zhou Xinghe, who saw such a tragic scene for the first time in his life, had a heavy heart, tears in his eyes, and then burst into tears!
Zhou Xinghe photographed the tragic scene of the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake
"To be honest, I am not a fragile person, but when I saw this tragic scene, I shed tears more than once." A few years later, when the author interviewed him, Zhou Xinghe seemed to return to the tragic situation at that time, his eyes were still a little wet when he spoke, "The biggest disaster caused by the earthquake is the collapse of houses, and the collapse of houses has caused tens of millions of people to be disabled and killed countless lives." At that time, I saw buildings that were as fragile as tofu dregs under the relentless destruction of the earthquake. I am a person engaged in the invention and production of building materials, looking at the ruins and walls, looking at the casualties, my heart is not only grief-stricken, it is simply heartbreaking! ......”
The harrowing collapse of houses that Zhou Xinghe saw in the earthquake-stricken area
"Yes, when a reporter interviewed the earthquake site at that time, he disclosed that some school and hospital buildings had steel bars only the thickness of chopsticks, and prefabricated sand was more than cement, and they said that it was because of these tofu dregs projects that countless children and patients were killed."
Although there is some truth in this, it is also somewhat biased. Buildings in Chengdu require an earthquake fortification intensity of 7 degrees, and a building fortification intensity of 8 degrees in western Sichuan and Wenchuan. The magnitude and intensity of this earthquake far exceeded the fortification standards in these places. "At the same time, the propagation and diffusion of seismic waves is also fluctuating and irregular, so even if you say that it is a tofu dregs project, you cannot hold those builders and building materials manufacturers accountable." ”
"So, did you have any worries about your products and buildings at that time?"
"That day, as I walked along a road full of rubble and cracks, I kept asking myself: Can my product withstand this disaster? Did the construction caused casualties? Speaking of this, Zhou Xinghe stopped, and for a long time he raised his head, "You know, just in Wenchuan, Beichuan, Qingchuan, Pengzhou, Shifang and other places on the fault zone of this earthquake, we built thousands of houses there in the past few years!" Such a big disaster, with hundreds of thousands of casualties, can you say I can't worry? ......”
After that, he handed me a bunch of materials and photos.
This is a live report from various newspapers and periodicals at that time and photographs taken on the spot.
"Self-proclaimed, there is a suspicion that Wang Po sells melons." He pointed to the information and photos, "Go back and look at it slowly, these reports are very objective and all facts." ”
On that day, aftershocks continued. Flying stones continue to roll down in the distance, and the remaining houses collapse nearby, and the rescue scene of rescuers is thrilling, standing in front of the ruins and calling for loved ones. Due to the traffic control ahead, Zhou Xinghe had to get out of the car with his employees, carrying supplies on their backs and braving aftershocks, walking into the village to the temporary place where the survivors stayed, bringing comfort to those immersed in panic and pain, bringing food and water, and distributing 300,000 yuan in cash to those who had fled their homes with nothing.
Back in Chengdu, it was already dark. Along the way, Zhou Xinghe didn't say a word, and he was still immersed in the thrilling, bloody and tearful scenes he experienced that day. That evening, he arranged another trip for the next day, preparing to send relief materials to the hardest-hit areas of Pengzhou.
The next day, the car carrying the disaster relief materials of Galaxy Company had just arrived at the foot of Danjing Mountain in Pengzhou, because the front was already high mountains and cliffs, the roads were all damaged, aftershocks continued, and the front was more dangerous, they were stopped by the traffic police. In desperation, they had to transfer the relief materials to the temporary reception office in the disaster area and returned to Chengdu.
However, the situation of the victims in the disaster area has always affected Zhou Xinghe's heart. For many days, he watched the tragic disaster relief pictures on TV, crying and thinking about tea and food with the victims in the disaster area. Of course, what worries him even more is the more than 1,000 houses he built in the disaster area - how are they damaged? Has it collapsed? How much collapsed? Have there been casualties?
No, you must go to the area of the epicenter of the earthquake devastated!