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16 years ago, because of the words of his uncle in the People's Liberation Army, a 14-year-old boy who had just been rescued from the earthquake was determined to become a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, and 10 years later, the boy fulfilled his promise and became an excellent soldier.
He was saved in the past, and now he has saved many people, but in his heart, there is still a regret, that is, goodbye, the uncle of the People's Liberation Army who saved him back then, did he finally see him as he wished?
This teenager's name is Qiang Tianlin, a survivor of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and now he has multiple identities, not only a PLA soldier, but also the leader of the China International Rescue Team, search and rescue team, responsible for the emergency rescue mission of geological disasters, the reason why he joined the Chinese rescue, is also because of an experience in his youth.
He used to be drenched in the rain, so he wanted to hold an umbrella for more people.
Sudden earthquakes
Back on May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8 earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and the originally peaceful and quiet city collapsed in an instant, with houses collapsing, roads paralyzed, landslides, more and more people buried under the rubble, and more than 110,000 people's soldiers entered the disaster area for rescue.
At that time, Qiang Tianlin was only 14 years old, a second-year junior high school student in Guanzhuang Middle School in Qingchuan County, when the earthquake occurred, they were taking a lunch break, and suddenly the sky fell apart, and all the students were arranged on the playground by the teacher.
Because it was collapsing everywhere, the school did not dare to let the students go back easily, and it was not until the fourth day that Qiang Tianlin had a chance to go home, and the originally familiar way home became unfamiliar, and it collapsed everywhere, it can be said that there was no intact section of the road, and everyone was running out along the way, except for the rescuers, he was the only one who ran up the mountain.
Passing by a village called Donghekou, the whole village collapsed, the scene in front of him made Qiang Tianlin more worried about his family, so he accelerated the pace of going home, at this time there was a sudden aftershock, Qiang Tianlin had a landslide behind him, at this time he was at a loss, standing in place and not knowing what to do, instinctively closed his eyes.
Rescued by the PLA uncle
Suddenly a pair of strong and powerful hands, put his arms around his waist and ran forward, Qiang Tianlin said that he was hanging in the air at that time, and he didn't remember how long he ran before being put down, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a touch of olive green, a People's Liberation Army uncle in his twenties, who was concerned to check whether he was injured, and then he reacted that it was this uncle who saved him.
The uncle of the People's Liberation Army asked him where his home was, and Qiang Tianlin told Kangle Village, and the uncle said that his village had collapsed, so he asked Qiang Tianlin to follow him first, and finally the uncle took Qiang Tianlin to the resettlement area, and then told him not to move around, and he went to save his parents now.
Qiang Tianlin is very obedient, has been waiting for his parents in the resettlement area, I don't know how long I waited, Qiang Tianlin's family was rescued, and his uncle said proudly: I said that I would save your family, although the family was saved, unfortunately, Qiang Tianlin's grandfather was still killed in the earthquake.
After that, Qiang Tianlin was in the resettlement area, his uncle and his comrades were responsible for the construction of the resettlement area, and the uncle was busy setting up tents and working all day long, as long as he finished the work, Qiang Tianlin ran to find him, and slowly they became familiar with him, and two months later, the uncle's unit was going to evacuate.
Qiang Tianlin searched for a long time, and finally saw the PLA uncle in a car, the uncle encouraged Qiang Tianlin to study hard, and only when he grew up could he serve the motherland, the car was about to start, Qiang Tianlin shouted to his uncle: Uncle, when I grow up, I will definitely become the same person as you, Uncle heard Qiang Tianlin's shout, and shouted: I am waiting for you.
It is this sentence that supports Qiang Tianlin's entire life.
A 14-year-old boy was rescued in the earthquake, because of a sentence from his uncle in the People's Liberation Army, he aspired to become a soldier when he grew up, and finally he fulfilled this promise?
10 years to deliver on the promise
In 2008, there was an earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, a 14-year-old junior high school student in Qingchuan County, who was rescued by his uncle in the earthquake.
After the PLA uncle left, although he had not yet returned to school, he was still studying hard in the resettlement area, and after returning to the campus the following year, the teacher looked at them and said: You are lucky, so many students did not have time to come out, and were finally buried under the rubble, and did not have the opportunity to enter the campus again.
Looking at the vacant positions around him, Qiang Tianlin's heart was touched, he studied harder, in 2009, Qiang Tianlin was admitted to high school with the first score in the class, this is the first time he went out of Qingchuan to study, and he was more serious than anyone else in the three years of high school.
Uncle told him to study hard, in the 2012 college entrance examination, Qiang Tianlin was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology with a good score of 585 points, after entering the campus, seeing those seniors wearing military uniforms, Qiang Tianlin was very envious, and he also wanted to wear this military uniform earlier.
After a while, he put on this olive green military uniform as he wished, and he took a photo and sent it to his parents, the father was very proud of his son, and the parents said: The uncle of the People's Liberation Army who saved you at that time will definitely be happy for you after seeing it.
It was this sentence that made Qiang Tianlin have the idea of looking for a life-saver for the first time, but at that time he was still young, and he didn't know his uncle's name and age, only that his uncle's unit was called the Tiger Division.
Find a life-saver
He tried to look for it from the side, but there were no clues, in the school Qiang Tianlin was very serious, many classmates ridiculed that he was not surnamed Qiang, but a very strong person, no matter what the problem was, he had to study to the end.
And he is also very helpful in life, in his junior year, he and his classmates were responsible for the content of the school's propaganda window, and suddenly the glass of the propaganda window came down, and he subconsciously reached out to block it in order to save his comrades-in-arms next to him, but who expected the glass to cut his hand, and the broken glass pierced his arm.
After being sent to the hospital, the doctor told him that the four ligaments in his left arm were cut by glass and that he had to undergo surgery immediately.
Qiang Tianlin was reluctant to do this, so he began to rehabilitate his arm, and every day he could see that there was always one of the hardest working people on the playground, and this person was Qiang Tianlin, through high-intensity training, Qiang Tianlin finally passed the assessment and successfully stayed.
In the end, he graduated with excellent grades and was assigned to a brigade of the 82nd Group Army of the Army, becoming a cadet platoon commander, and through his own efforts, he successfully entered the China International Rescue Team and became a member of the search and rescue team.
So in January 2018, he posted a search video on the Internet, wanting to find his uncle in the People's Liberation Army who saved him, and finally he found it?
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, a 14-year-old boy was rescued by his uncle of the People's Liberation Army, and it took him 10 years to become a soldier in order to repay his kindness, and he was determined to find the uncle of the People's Liberation Army who saved him.
In May 2008, Qiang Tianlin, who was only 14 years old, was rescued by an uncle of the People's Liberation Army in the Wenchuan earthquake, and fulfilled his promise in 10 years and became a glorious soldier, but there was no news about his uncle who saved him that year.
Qiang Tianlin was a rescued person back then, and now he has also become a rescuer, because of that childhood experience, he joined the China International Rescue Team, and he wants to help more people reunite through his own efforts.
At the beginning, he was just an ordinary search and rescue fighter, in order to better save others in the face of disasters, he trained hard every day, just to better improve his professional ability, on August 8, 2017, at 21:19 in the evening, a 7-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, and the rescue team where Qiang Tianlin was located received a rescue mission.
It was finally time to use what he had learned, but when he got on the plane to go to the disaster area, Qiang Tianlin was told by the leader that he could not participate in the rescue mission, which made Qiang Tianlin unwilling to accept it.
In the end, the leader told him that it was not because of his injury, but because he had not participated in the rescue mission before, the terrain of Jiuzhaigou this time was complicated, the scene was very tragic, there was no rescue experience, and it was easy to be dangerous, so he was withdrawn and let the team members with rich rescue experience go.
Although he wanted to go, Qiang Tianlin knew that he was likely to cause trouble for everyone, so he trained harder, and now he has become a qualified search and rescue personnel, and has also become the leader of the search and rescue team, his professional ability is beyond doubt.
Find a savior
Qiang Tianlin's experience deserves everyone's applause for him, but he also has a regret, and it is also his wish, that is, to find the PLA uncle who saved him, in January 2018, he posted a search video on the Internet, and in May 2018, the PLA uncle who had saved him saw the video he posted and contacted him through the video.
The uncle of the People's Liberation Army who once saved him, named Li Shizhong, was the battalion commander of the "Tiger Division" of the former Jinan Military Region, and now he has changed jobs and has become an excellent grassroots criminal policeman in Xinxiang City, Henan Province.
In 2020, Qiang Tianlin appeared on the stage of CCTV's "Waiting for Me", and this time he finally met Uncle Li Shizhong, the life-saving benefactor, after seeing his uncle, Qiang Tianlin did not cry, he wanted to be like a man, let his uncle be proud of him.
Li Shizhong also didn't expect that the child he saved back then has now become a man, and has become his comrade-in-arms, Li Shizhong said that he was very proud of him, and hoped that he could work harder in the future to save more people.
Qiang Tianlin said that every step he took was to follow the footsteps of Uncle Li Shizhong, and now the military uniform on his body has been reminding him to assume the mission and responsibility of a soldier, and he also better understands the meaning behind the military uniform.
Qiang Tianlin and Uncle Li Shizhong are both examples worth learning from, and they are both good.
Reference: [Waiting for me] "Earthquake Boy" Seeks Grace! I'll be you when I grow up (20200913)
https://tv.cctv.com/2020/09/13/VIDEzTKnvgENpEQKqBABnQfH200913.shtml?spm=C52056131267.PgKvGuf3QYMp.0.0
"Military Life" Qiang Tianlin: Thousands of Miles, I'm Chasing You (20180528)
https://tv.cctv.com/2018/05/29/VIDEd1QVQpzEpaLnLnHTi3fW180529.shtml?spm=C53074552346.P09k2ibtdqml.0.0