In 2000, a car accident caused a 4-year-old girl to lose her legs, and this happy family fell into collapse in an instant.
After the incident, due to the poor conditions of the girl's home, there was no way to install a prosthesis, and in the end she had to stay at home.
Seeing the girl gradually become more and more silent, the family began to find a way to help her "walk", but after trying many ways to no avail, my grandfather finally came up with a solution.
Qian Hongyan. That is to cut a circle with a basketball, and then let her sit in it, holding the wooden handle with both hands to support her forward, and this girl is the "basketball girl" who has been reported by CCTV and public security - Qian Hongyan.
More than 20 years have passed, how is the "basketball girl" who lost her legs doing now?
Qian Hongyan. In 2000, Qian Hongyan, who had just turned 4, was swept under an overloaded truck while crossing the street.
When everyone saw this scene, they immediately rushed to check it, only to find that her lower body was already bloody and blurred, and even the doctor felt helpless when he saw it.
In desperation, the doctor could only propose to her family that both legs be completely amputated so as to save her life, even if she waited one more minute, she might miss the rescue time.
Doctors resuscitate patients.
After hearing the doctor's advice, Qian Hongyan's family decided to rescue the child first, and it was not too late to talk about the rest later.
During her stay in the hospital, doctors offered her family that she could be fitted with a prosthesis so she could walk like a normal child.
But Qian Hongyan's family background is really not good, and the money for surgery and hospitalization has emptied the family, and now she can't take out extra money at all.
Qian Hongyan. Since then, Qian Hongyan has lost her normal child's life, and can only stay at home every day, looking out the window at the children laughing and playing, feeling envious.
Whenever the family sees the originally lively and lovely child, who is now as silent as if she has changed her core, everyone can't help but feel worried about her.
Qian Hongyan. In order to cheer her up, the family did everything they could to help her reintegrate into the group.
At first, everyone tried barrels and tires, but it didn't take long for her body to be worn out and finally had to be abandoned.
Later, my grandfather came up with the idea of cutting a trap for the basketball on his body, and in order to prevent his body from being worn out, the family also stuffed a small mat into the ball.
Qian Hongyan and her family.
In this way, she began to practice "walking" every day with a wooden handle in her hand to support her body, and although the speed Xi of progress was slow, it still brought her hope.
In 2004, when Qian Hongyan reached the age of elementary school, her family asked her to go to school with children of the same age.
When she first arrived at school, her classmates would look at her with strange eyes, who made her different from everyone else?
Qian Hongyan and other children.
As time passed, everyone found that she not only had good grades in Xi, but also handled the world very well, so she quickly integrated into the group.
Every time she entered the classroom, someone would carry her to a stool, and teachers and classmates would carry her to the toilet, and she was touched by their actions.
Qian Hongyan went to school.
Due to being in basketball all year round, Qian Hongyan's body grinds out a lot of blood blisters, and this is not what everyone is most worried about, what they are most worried about is that as she continues to grow, basketball will definitely not be able to carry her body in the future.
In order to help her solve this problem, the principal and teachers decided to lend a helping hand, and when the public security department went to the countryside to do traffic safety education, they told them what had happened to Qian Hongyan, hoping to get help from the police.
Later, the Ministry of Public Security took Qian Hongyan as an example and released a traffic safety education propaganda video.
The Ministry of Public Security took Qian Hongyan as an example to shoot a traffic safety education propaganda video.
After watching this promotional video, many people were moved by the small figure inside, and they extended a helping hand to her, and even the China ** Research Center sent three experts to Yunnan to pick her up in Beijing to receive *** and also prepared to install double leg prostheses for her.
Before leaving, they set up a special team of experts, not only to let professionals help her install and debug bilateral hip prostheses, but also to provide her with psychological counseling, so as to complete the next ** training.
** Research Center in China.
Fast forward to January 5, 2007, after the experts arrived in Yunnan, they conducted a preliminary examination for her, and with the above data, they found that her physical condition is now very suitable for the fitting of a prosthesis, and it only takes 6 months to completely **.
During the 6 months in Beijing, although she had some physical conditions due to water and soil adaptation, she still insisted on completing various ** training.
Qian Hongyan receives a prosthesis***
When Qian Hongyan got rid of the shackles of basketball, she began to think about her future.
In 2007, the 7th National Paralympic Games was held in Yunnan, and whenever she saw people with the same shortcomings fighting for glory, she seemed to see her new hope.
Paralympic Games.
With this in mind, she approached the trainers to see if she was a good fit for the team.
After some inquiry, the coach asked her to try it first, and if she could accept it, she could officially participate in the training.
After learning the coach's answer, Qian Hongyan decided to try it first, but when she came to the locker room with her swimsuit, she began to cheer up and retreat.
Qian Hongyan. Because the large scar on her body was too terrible, what should I do if it scared everyone when the time came, so she did ideological work in it for a long time.
After some thought, she suddenly realized that if she wanted to change her fate, she had to overcome the psychological barrier first, otherwise she would never be able to take that step.
Qian Hongyan. After making up her mind, she resolutely changed into a swimsuit and, under the guidance of her coach, soon began her first swimming training.
Because Qian Hongyan can only rely on her upper body to exert force, it is difficult to control the direction of swimming, and in the end she can only float in the water and keep groping forward.
After two years of hard work, she was finally able to control the direction perfectly and was much faster than the rest of the team.
Qian Hongyan. Later, she also signed up for the 9th Yunnan Paralympic Games in 2009 and won three gold medals in swimming.
During the interview, when ** found out that she was a "basketball girl", they couldn't help but be proud of her, and many netizens affectionately called her a "flying fish" in the water.
However, in a competition in 2014, Qian Hongyan did not play at her highest level of ability, which caused her to be very depressed.
Qian Hongyan participated in the competition.
Later, the coach told her that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and now that the competition is over, it is useless to regret it, and you can succeed by training hard in the later stage.
With the encouragement of her coach and the continuous help of her teammates, she finally cleared up the complex emotions in her mind, and won many gold medals in the following competitions.
Qian Hongyan won many gold medals.
After many competitions, Qian Hongyan finally chose to live a dull life, and used the prize money she won to buy a house for her family.
Later, she also found a job at the Disabled Persons' Federation, and now she can commute to work as normally as a normal person, and can spend more time with her family.
Qian Hongyan's current job.
In addition to working and spending time with her family, Qian Hongyan often helps other disabled people, hoping that with her help, they can get out of the haze as soon as possible and regain their lost self-confidence.
Although she is now out of competition, she still goes swimming occasionally, and this persistence is the path she wants to take.