1. Reminiscing about my mother's misfortune and my father's arduous journey to defend his rights
Time flies, years pass, but I still remember the catastrophic accident of my mother Shen Xuhua. At that time, she was only 33 years old, leading the attention of a group of audiences, becoming "one of the most beautiful female hosts of CCTV", and her career was thriving, but fate ruthlessly gave her a heavy blow, making her life deviate from the normal track and fall into endless darkness.
I vividly remember that when my mother fell from a tall building and was rushed to the hospital, her emaciated body was covered with life-sustaining medical equipment, and she suffered severe head injuries and fell into a deep coma.
Despite the hospital's repeated consultations with top experts and CCTV's best efforts, my mother's condition never took a turn for the better, and after 19 days of stubborn struggle against death, she chose to leave us, leaving my father and I alone to face this cruel reality.
Witnessing my mother's departure, my father, Yu Jianhua, fell into deep despair, and his cries of grief still echo in my ears today. However, he did not give up because of this, but strengthened his belief in seeking justice for his mother, and resolutely embarked on a thorny road of rights protection.
In the face of countless difficulties and setbacks, my father always gritted his teeth and persevered, just to reveal the truth of the incident and uphold the basic human rights that everyone should enjoy.
During that time, life was as painful as purgatory, and I was just a child who could not understand my father's inner pain. But it is this never-say-die spirit that ultimately brings a glimmer of hope.
2. Review the development of the parents' acquaintance and love and the mother's career
In the spring of 1998, his mother Shen Xuhua met his father Yu Jianhua when he visited the Forbidden City, and the two instantly sparked a spark of love in the atmosphere of this ancient cultural relic.
Mother, the host who loves life, always shows people with her lively and cheerful image, while his father Yu Jianhua is a talented small leader of a central enterprise.
Nourished by love, just over a year later, my mother and father decided to walk through the rest of their lives hand in hand and enter the palace of marriage. And I was also born when they were newly married, and since then I have a complete family.
Mother was born in an ordinary family in Hangzhou, and has had ideals since childhood, determined to become an excellent radio and television host. After graduating from high school, she was finally fortunate to be admitted to Zhejiang University of Media and Communication, majoring in broadcasting and hosting.
During her time at university, she spared no effort to delve into professional knowledge and skills, but she paid more attention to practical operations. She went all out to practice standard Mandarin and correct posture in front of the mirror, and also actively participated in various cultural and artistic activities on campus, serving as the host of the party.
After graduation, his mother first worked in Yuyao TV, and then successfully became a member of Zhejiang TV with his unremitting efforts, and stood out in a "Royalstar" host competition held by CCTV, won praise, and successfully entered CCTV.
Although she was initially assigned a little-known elderly program "Sunset Red", her mother was not discouraged, but got closer to the middle-aged and elderly audience, adjusted the speed of speech, and made it slower, thus quickly winning many loyal fans.
However, just as her career was booming, a sudden accident completely changed the trajectory of her life.
3. The scene of the mother having dinner with colleagues in the restaurant before falling from the building
The moment I stepped into the box, I was greeted with laughter and laughter, and it turned out that my mother and her colleagues had already begun to enjoy the pleasure of food and wine. As a cheerful and eloquent host, her mother can always touch people's hearts with words, and that night she was even more energetic, talking and laughing, and seemed to be in a particularly comfortable mood.
The atmosphere in the box became more and more enthusiastic as the wine gradually ran out, and the mother sometimes danced lightly, skillfully raised her glass to tell jokes, sometimes listened to the work anecdotes shared by her colleagues, and occasionally gently stroked her black and bright hair, showing an elegant and generous host style.
In this happy and peaceful atmosphere, the mother's mobile phone suddenly rang. Considering the noisy environment of the box and worried about disturbing others, she stood up gracefully, waved her colleagues to wait, and walked out of the box to answer the phone.
Mother came to the corridor with her mobile phone in hand, looked around at the crowds, she was in good spirits, and decided to find a quiet place to answer the call...
4. Flashback of the mother's fall from the building and the irreparable tragedy of death (481 words)
My mother accidentally found a door around the corner of the hallway, and the three big words "fire escape" were clearly marked on the door. As a senior host, she should have a high sense of security, but at that moment, there is no doubt that she was obviously a little too careless, and she directly reached out and pushed the door open without careful consideration.
However, unexpectedly, there was no sign of any safe passage behind the door, and as soon as my mother's feet hit the ground, she fell straight from the second floor and fell heavily on the hard ground.
I couldn't imagine the terrible impact and the great pain she had endured at that time, and the mere mere image of this thrilling scene in my mind made me feel extremely heartbroken.
Because the place of the incident was located in a sparsely populated corner, the mother lay there quietly for more than 40 minutes in a bloody mess without anyone noticing. By the time her colleagues in the box finally found her, she had fallen into a deep coma and was delirious.
Colleagues immediately called the emergency services, but the waiting process missed the best time for rescue.
By the time the mother was rushed to the hospital, her condition was already precarious, with a severe head injury, and her body was covered with life-sustaining pipes and ventilators, and the flame of life seemed to be extinguished at any moment.
Although the hospital has invited authoritative experts for consultation many times, and CCTV has also gone all out to provide assistance, the mother's condition has never shown a significant turnaround.
Father Yu Jianhua guarded his mother's sickbed day and night, watching her thin body struggling on the edge of life and death. He was on the verge of collapse and was in agony, but in the end he gritted his teeth and stuck there, just to give his mother even a glimmer of hope for life.
Sadly, despite my mother's strong desire to survive, she was so injured that she left us forever after 19 days of fierce struggle with death.
I will always remember the moment when the bad news came, the heart-rending wails of my father, and the endless despair of my mother's life at the age of 33. I was too young and ignorant to understand my father's deep grief, and I could only see him emaciated and bruised after a few months, and I could no longer have peace of mind.
The untimely death of my mother was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which dealt a heavy blow to our entire family and an unhealable psychological wound. However, our father Yu Jianhua did not become decadent and depressed because of this, on the contrary, he quickly strengthened his belief that he would use legal weapons to fight for justice and due rights for his mother!
At first, Yu's father pointed the focus of the lawsuit directly at the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau's Fire Bureau, believing that as a public safety regulator, they should have strictly scrutinized the hotel's major safety risks before opening, rather than issuing certificates of conformity so rashly.
However, what is shocking is that the court ruthlessly rejected Yu's father's lawsuit on the grounds that the place where his mother fell from the building was not within the scope of the fire department's inspection.
This verdict undoubtedly plunged Yu's father into deep disappointment. Faced with the departure of his beloved, he has long been like a knife, but now he has not even been able to get a reasonable explanation, and the pain and helplessness can be imagined.
However, Yu's father did not choose to give up, and he resolutely decided to continue to seek new ways to defend his rights.
Soon after, Yu's father decisively sued the "Zhang Shengji" Hotel and the Beijing-Zhejiang Hotel to court at the same time, demanding that they jointly bear the legal responsibility caused by management negligence. However, in the course of the trial, the performance of both parties was jaw-dropping, and all showed a lack of morality and conscience.
The hotel even defended in a bold way that the place where the mother fell was not its business area and had nothing to do with it, but instead shifted all the responsibility to the management negligence of the Jingzhejiang Hotel.
The hotel blamed all the problems on the "hotel matter", so the two companies started a battle of blame in court without credibility.
In the face of unreasonable accusations and mutual blame from both sides, Father Yu could only hold back the anger in his heart. In the course of the lawsuit, he thoroughly checked the inspection data of the hotel's fire protection facilities and found that there were indeed serious omissions; in addition, he personally went to the scene of the incident to conduct several on-the-spot investigations, and finally found the "safe passage" door where his mother fell at the corner of the corridor.
What's even more shocking is that Yu's father learned from an old employee who has worked for many years that the hotel completely covered up the truth of the incident afterwards, and even secretly bribed relevant personnel to evade legal punishment.
In the face of such a shocking reality, even though my father repeatedly suppressed his anger, his ardent desire to uphold fairness and justice became more unwavering!
In order to make his statement more convincing, my father sought help from a variety of intrepid firefighters and knowledgeable legal experts, and interviewed eyewitnesses who had witnessed that tragic night, trying to reconstruct every detail of the truth.
This period seems ordinary, but in fact it is a journey full of hardships and twists and turns, which is difficult for ordinary people to empathize with. However, thankfully, in the end, the court still adhered to the bottom line of justice and spoke up for justice.
Although monetary compensation cannot completely erase the pain of losing a loved one, the father has at least won the most basic fairness and dignity for the mother.
This verdict has undoubtedly injected new vitality into my father's perseverance over the years.
6. A deep understanding of his son's current situation and his safety in life
The sudden death of my mother left a deep wound and a lingering shadow on our family. Although time flies, the initial unforgettable grief has gradually diluted, but the thoughts and regrets for my mother have always haunted my heart.
To this day, when I recall my mother's fierce struggle with death in the last 19 days of her life, I always feel a sense of sourness and helplessness in my heart. In contrast, the situation of his father Yu Jianhua is particularly difficult.
Since my wife left, he has never considered remarrying, and has devoted himself to my growth and career development.
Perhaps it was because of my father's selfless love that I was able to gradually emerge from the shadow of my mother's death, and finally got my wish to get my dream of majoring in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and now I am in my senior year.
After graduation, I also plan to return to my motherland, hoping to use my professional knowledge and professionalism to contribute to the field of construction engineering in the mainland.
More importantly, I hope to be able to remind people of the adage that "life safety is no small matter" in my career. As a result of the negligence in the management of the hotel and guesthouse, my mother passed away at a young age, and I can't imagine that if there were adequate safety precautions at that time, my mother would have escaped this fate.
It is precisely this tragic practical lesson that has prompted me to unswervingly devote myself to the pursuit of safety and reliability in construction projects! In the whole process of project design and construction, every detail must be taken seriously, and the slightest negligence and slackness must not be allowed, even if it is only a trivial safety hazard, it may lead to irreparable human tragedy!