Yang Liping to reporters about what had happened.
raft carrying tourists ashore. Yellow Guo Xiaochuan photo
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New Year’s Day, the Yellow Sea in Qidong Tuo angle round the scenic area, a sudden accident, a 3 m deep across the artificial lake on the chain bridge overturning, eight tourists in distress, four of them fall into the icy water, 4 pulling iron chain hanging in the air. Times of emergency, the Nanjing Military Region deputy regimental staff officers Qidong membership selfless Yang Liping, paddled the raft toward the icy lake, visitors will be in distress rescued. Interviews to reporters, the 40-year-old soldier is very low key: New Year’s Day, east Yellow Sea, south of the Yangtze River system Qidong Tuo angle round the scenic area, full of tourists, to see the sunrise as the Jiangsu the first place, the annual Spring Festival, a large number of foreign tourists will be attracted to meet here the New Year.
waves swing. Day, many tourists venture onto this bold chain bridge, cross the bridge to experience the stimulation of feeling.
3:00 pm, things two iron chain bridge, one after another up a lot of tourists. One windy large iron chain bridge in the east, a woman stopped when visitors come to the middle of the bridge, due to fear, her hands firmly grasp the side of the cable. Then a sudden danger, chain bridge deck began to capsize, fall into four tourists more than 3 meters deep in the water, there are four people pulled cable tight, hanging in the water about 1 m away from the air, cry for help.
situation suddenly becomes critical up, stimulate the area’s screams soon became a tourist cries for help. At this point the temperature is only minus 6 degrees Celsius, very cold. Crowd of hundreds of tourists anxious for the safety of those who fell into the water, but could do nothing.
post of deputy group officer insisted on a bamboo raft toward the lake
in this critical moment in his hometown Hangzhou, Nanjing Military Region, Qidong leave the barracks chief Yang Liping nursing home, happened also with the family play in the Scenic Area. Time of the incident, he just went to Witnessed the tourists fell into the water, as a soldier, to save turning back! Yang Liping time to think, prepare jumped into the lake, but the moment of impulse, he saw, was rescued from the river struggling center of the lake shore there thirty-four ten meters away from the distance, although they will swim, but diving save the most can only rescued a tourist.
how to do? The Yang Liping suddenly desperate to see the artificial lake to the north rely on a raft, while he was out management area tickets call the above telephone for help, while the raft quickly ran to the north, ran the 300 meters breath After the journey, Yang Liping jump jump a bamboo raft. At this time, the staff has a scenic run up, the crowd threw Yang Liping took them two bamboo poles, Yang Liping manipulation from the raft, braving the cold knife, struggling to plan to go to the middle of the lake.
stood on a small raft two people, all of a sudden gone into the water, Yang Liping’s shoes very quickly into the water, the icy water to let him trembling. But this time he did not attend, but zoned Pinmingdexiang middle of the lake … …
two meters, one meter … … finally close of a recent raft of female tourists, Yang Liping her one way or another a raft, hanging on the iron chain of a male visitor stepping Yang Liping’s shoulders on a bamboo raft, Yang Liping and division of labor between the staff area, pull up the five-day tourists.
fell into the water before his father begged him to save his daughter
before an iron chain hanging on the tourists themselves on the shore, this time, the water being left in a pair of struggling men and women They are father and daughter.
recall the case of the day, Yang Liping said, when he was exhausted, but so that he touched, when he wanted to pull that male tourists when middle-aged man who has repeatedly pleaded, first save their own daughter, he can then hold for a while. When you see the female tourist who fell into the overweight, middle-aged man told Yang Liping: men climb bamboo raft, in the Yang Liping’s help, to save his daughter up.
4 名 drowning tourists and three hanging on the iron chain full of tourists on a bamboo raft, the raft is not, 3 meters long 2 meters wide, suddenly carries the weight of nine, began to shake shake Akira. Yang Liping’s wife said, was gripped his see on the shore, straight to her husband and other visitors to sweat. But this time Yang Liping not attend to anything else, but he kept closer to the nearest bank.
when people around to help pull the drowning tourists ashore, to see them one properly placed, it is already drenched Yang Liping quietly with his family left the area. Yang Liping, said: p> From 3:16 Yang Liping Scenic Area Administration to fight the phone, to 3:40 to save all people come ashore … … more than 20 minutes to record a soldier’s duty and heroic deeds.
correspondent was informed that Yang Liping, who lives in Changle Town, Qidong City, Huiping village 16 group, he is 40 years old, a veteran army in 1991. When a reporter to find the Yang Liping interview, the post of deputy group officer has the they are soldiers, doing these things should be. : SN017)