Source: CCTV news client
On the evening of October 19, the Lianyungang Rescue Base of the East China Sea Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport received an alarm call and a person fell into the sea near the west side of the west levee of Lianyungang Liandao Island and requested rescue. The base emergency rescue team immediately rushed to the rescue. Due to the recent cold wave and strong wind in the waters of Lianyungang, the northwest wind of the scene of the incident was 6 to 7, which was at a high tide, the wind was high and the waves were urgent, and the waves were constantly lapping at the masses who fell into the sea. According to the witnesses at the scene, the person in distress is a man and a woman, the male who fell into the sea is closer to the shore and has been rescued by the police, the female person who fell into the sea is far from the shore, the police cannot be rescued, she has persisted in the cold sea water for a long time, physical exhaustion, and her life is in danger at any time. Wearing diving suits and carrying rescue equipment such as life rings and lifelines, the base emergency rescue team members jumped into the cold sea water and approached the people in distress. People in distress loomed under the illumination of the lights, and the waves carried the floating objects in the sea, repeatedly washing away rescuers and people in distress. After many attempts, the rescuers finally hugged the people in distress, and the emergency team members on the shore used ropes to drag the two back to the shore, and the people in distress were quickly sent to the 120 ambulance to the hospital for examination and treatment. (Reporter Wu Rui, Zhu Aiqing)