At 23:59 on December 18, 2023, 6Magnitude 2**, with an epicenter depth of 10 km and a duration of more than 20 seconds. Due to the shallow epicenter, Gansu and Qinghai felt strongly, causing serious loss of personnel and property. **After the incident, the film crew of "Phoenix Focus" quickly went to Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, the epicenter, to visit the latest situation in the disaster area. part.
On the night of December 19, in Guanting Township, Qinghai Province, near the epicenter of the earthquake, Lu Zhi, a victim of the disaster, was returning from the resettlement site to his supermarket to count the damage.
Lv Zhi, a villager in Guanting Town:
There was a bang, everything fell down, the door was blocked, and I had to jump on it and climb out. ”
This year, 47-year-old Lu Zhi is a local, although this is a part of the north-south ** belt, but in his memory, there are not many ** times that have happened here since he was a child, and it is the first time that such a serious ** has happened. After the incident, he climbed out of the badly deformed roller shutter, and after escaping, he saw his neighbor on the opposite side trapped on the second floor.
Lv Zhi, a villager in Guanting Town:
There was also a neighbor, I didn't expect to use the mobile phone light without a flashlight at that time, and when I went up to take a look, the child shouted to me for help. I ran up and couldn't wring the door, and then I stepped on the door, and I quickly carried him out, and the other residents rushed up. ”
At 1:57 a.m. on December 20, the film crew arrived in Dahejia Village, Jishishan County, the hardest-hit village, where some infrastructure such as water, electricity, transportation and communications was damaged. At the scene, members of the Gansu Blue Sky Rescue Team were carrying the first batch of supplies to the resettlement site. The civilian rescue team arrived at the epicenter four hours after the incident.
Lu Zhaoxu, deputy captain of the Gansu Blue Sky Rescue Team:
We immediately activated the emergency plan, organized an advance team of 35 people, and arrived at the scene at 4 a.m. Our main work is the search and rescue of personnel, and the second is the medical team with us, which simply treats the injured people and then transports them to the health center. ”
At night, the local temperature drops to nearly minus 20 degrees. The rescue team has set up more than 150 tents in cooperation with the local ** to provide basic overnight support for nearby villagers.
Phoenix TV reporter:
The clothes are all prepared by us, right?”
Jiuquan Blue Sky Rescue Team Captain Cao Yamin:
Yes. Cotton coats, quilts and stoves are provided by **placement. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
How far did they all come from?”
Jiuquan Blue Sky Rescue Team Captain Cao Yamin:
The nearest is the countryside around the city, and the distance is more than ten kilometers. ”
This was the second night after the earthquake, and with the successive aftershocks, hundreds of people in panic were placed in tents at the settlement site in Dahejia Village.
Phoenix TV reporter:
How old is the child?”
Dahejia Village Villagers:
There are three small children, one is 11 years old, one is 6 years old and one is 1 year old. ”
Due to the extremely low temperatures, the tent needs to be heated by a coal stove. Cao Yamin, the captain of the Gansu Blue Sky Rescue Team, who has rich rescue experience, found a potential safety hazard during the inspection. In order to eliminate potential safety hazards, Cao Yamin quickly convened a team to carry out a dragnet investigation.
Jiuquan Blue Sky Rescue Team Captain Cao Yamin:
Look at the top of the tent, there is a chimney, and there is smoke on it. Some tents have thick smoke inside that produces carbon monoxide. We worked in pairs to go through all the tents that had been set up. Be sure to watch out for smoke and avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. ”
Cao Yamin, 44, is a veteran who has participated in international rescue missions such as Turkey and has rich experience. Before participating in this rescue, he was found to have cancer and was in urgent need, but after the incident, Cao Yamin decided to go to the disaster area for relief.
Jiuquan Blue Sky Rescue Team Captain Cao Yamin:
They all know my situation and care about me, but it stands to reason that I shouldn't be here, because on another level, it's irresponsible to myself, my family, and my friends. But in my heart, I feel that it is more valuable for me to save more lives alone. ”part.
Before the Blue Sky Rescue Team and other civil forces arrived in Dahejia Village, the Gansu Fire Brigade of the National Emergency Management Bureau had dispatched a total of 580 fire and rescue personnel from 9 detachments in the province to participate in the rescue of Jishi Mountain, saving many lives.
Gansu Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps Linxia Detachment Linxia City Brigade Captain Wang Hailong:
At 11:59 a.m., we completed the assembly at 12:20 a.m., and set off after giving the order, we went directly to Kexinmin Village at 1:40 a.m., and after completing the search and rescue mission in a community in Kexinmin Village, according to the order of the higher command, we moved to Chenjia Village, Dahejia Town, the most severely affected area. ”
Chenjia Village, less than 1 km away from the epicenter, is one of the most severely affected villages. Due to the collapse of some traffic roads, it was already 4:32 a.m. when Wang Hailong led the firefighters to the scene.
Gansu Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps Linxia Detachment Linxia City Brigade Captain Wang Hailong:
The weather was very cold, it was still night, and the rescue was more difficult, in this case, we searched and rescued two people, father and son, who could not come out of the house at that time, the father was in his 80s, and the son was in his 50s. ”
When the fire brigade had just arrived not far from the entrance of Chenjia Village, it heard a cry for help from a collapsed wall, and quickly launched a rescue.
Gansu Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps Linxia Detachment Linxia City Brigade Captain Wang Hailong:
At that time, we heard the sound of a cry for help, and the gate was deformed, so that the door could not be opened, so we urgently took the demolition and used a ladder to climb to the inside of his yard, opened the door, and rescued two people. ”
The one who called for help was the villager She Xuewen and his son, who were sleeping in the house when the ** happened, and suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound from the ground, accompanied by violent shaking. She Xuewen wanted to run outside the house, but his feet were like stepping on a swaying water pontoon, and the person could not move at all, and after dozens of seconds, he and his father were trapped in the house by the collapsed house wall.
Fortunately, the father and son were only slightly injured, and after being rescued, after a simple **, they were placed in a tent in the village by the rescue team.
She Mansu has been working in Guangdong, and his 9-year-old daughter was unfortunately killed when she was **. Although he bought the first flight home on December 19, according to local custom, his daughter has been buried, and he can only say his final goodbye to his daughter by saying goodbye to his wife.
She Mansu, a villager of Chenjia Village, Dahejia Town:
At that time, this came down and smashed my daughter and my wife, and my daughter's nine-year-old girl died, and my wife was all injured in the waist. Walking back from Lanzhou, the traffic jam can't come back, burying the child, can only look at it on the **, can only be like this, but after a look, my daughter's face was injured, her face was all washed clean, really at that time, the tears just kept flowing, flowing down, I really couldn't control it. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
Chenjia Village, Dahejia Town, is one of the most severely damaged villages in this time, many of the walls here are still made of traditional adobe, the local winter temperature is very low, and many bricks have been widened and thickened, but this traditional adobe structure is difficult to withstand the impact of **. ”
Within 24 hours after the occurrence of **, 10 villages near Dahejia Town were successively completed by the Linxia Fire Detachment to complete the first round of personnel search and rescue work. part.
Gaoli Village, Jishishan County, is 6 kilometers away from the epicenter, and it is also the most severely affected place this time, with more than 2,000 villagers from more than 500 households in Gaoli Village. **After the incident, most of the dirt houses in the village collapsed.
Ma Zixue is a native of his own village and has been working outside, and after the incident, he quickly rushed back to the village. As soon as he entered the village, he saw that his former home had collapsed into ruins.
Villagers of Gaoli Village, Jishishan County, Ma self-study:
The people in the family said that it was okay, but then I called ** again, and the family said that the earthquake in our village was more serious. The whole area is basically populated by my former relatives. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
When I came at night, I couldn't see the road here?”
Villagers of Gaoli Village, Jishishan County, Ma self-study:
Yes, it's pitch black, and you can't see the road. When I came, the officers had already been rescued. Two people, my aunt and her 9-year-old girl, have passed away. ”
Ma Zixue's aunt and her granddaughter who died are Ma Yilai's mother and daughter, on the evening of December 18, Ma Yilai had already fallen asleep as usual, and suddenly his ** broke the tranquility here.
Ma Yilai, a villager from Gaoli Village, Jishishan County:
At 11:59**, it erupted in that instant. When it shook, I woke up suddenly because the house had collapsed. ”
Ma Yilai's family of seven lives in two rooms, his father and mother and his 9-year-old eldest daughter live in the main room, and he and his lover live in the side house with two other children under the age of 3.
Ma Yilai, a villager from Gaoli Village:
My daughter, son, and wife all live here, and my wife and I sleep in the middle, one in charge of the other. **In an instant, my house basically collapsed, I said my wife hurry up, I hugged my daughter, she got up and wanted to hold the child, the door didn't run out, there was another shock, and it all collapsed. ”
A strong earthquake of tens of seconds caused the collapse of the wall of the main house. After the wall of the main house collapsed, Ma Yilai quickly rushed to the main house to rescue his family with his bare hands. The father, who was closest to the door of the main house, was the first to be dug out of the rubble.
Ma Yilai, a villager from Gaoli Village, Jishishan County:
Because it was very fast to plane from the root of the wall, it didn't take me twenty or thirty seconds for me to basically dig out my father, and first pulled his body out, which should be able to breathe, and we slowly picked up the legs. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
Did he also hurt his back at the time?”
Ma Yilai, a villager from Gaoli Village:
His shoulder blades were all injured, it hurt so much that my legs were so weak that I couldn't walk anymore when I carried them to safety. I heard a cry for help next door to my mother and daughter, they all dug out, my mother and I hugged tightly, and my daughter was no longer breathing at that time. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
This is the home of Han Xuecheng, the seventy-year-old captain of the fifth team of Gaoli Village. At that time, his home was badly damaged, and the gate could not be accessed, and he took a great risk. Through a gap in the wall of his house, he climbed out to help other villagers get out of danger. It's impossible to imagine how much risk he took to help his neighbors. ”
When Ma Yilai returned home and saw his neighbor's mother and daughter digging out of the rubble, they were no longer breathing.
Ma Yilai, a villager from Gaoli Village, Jishishan County:
My heart is broken, my heart is completely broken, I think she will definitely not live, I just have a premonition at that time. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
37-year-old Ma Yilai experienced the pain of losing his mother and daughter in just a few hours. After simply taking care of the aftermath, I quickly threw myself into the work of setting up the tent. He said it would be better to be busy, so that he could forget the pain for a while. ”part.
On December 22, the winter solstice, the resettlement site of Dahejia Town, the love noodle restaurant of the Ma Yongsheng brothers has been running here for three consecutive days. On the first day after the earthquake, about 20,000 servings of beef noodles were given away for free.
Noodle restaurant owner Ma Yongzheng:
On this day, we brought 60 bags of noodles, more than 1,000 catties of beef, 20 barrels of gasoline, as well as materials, coal, gas pipes, gas, etc. ”
After the Ma Yongsheng brothers, who own more than 30 chain noodle restaurants in Gansu, heard that there was an incident in Dahejia Village, they packed the supplies as soon as possible and rushed to the resettlement site overnight to set up a ramen stall to provide beef noodles to the affected people.
Noodle restaurant owner Ma Yongzheng:
The first day I didn't have this clothes, I caught a cold. Asked for a dress yesterday. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
So your voice is different from the first day. ”
Noodle restaurant owner Ma Yongzheng:
It's not the same, now I have a cold. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
Then why do you insist on not leaving?”
Noodle restaurant owner Ma Yongzheng:
We can't go, we came here specifically to serve the people, we are gone, who will serve. ”
In order to provide a bowl of hot beef noodles to the victims, the Ma Yongsheng brothers' love noodle stall needs nearly 10 chefs to work together to complete the processes of noodles, ramen, meat cutting, side dishes, and disinfection. The Ma Yongsheng brothers closed two stores in the city and transferred employees to the disaster area, resulting in a daily business loss of nearly 10,000 yuan.
Noodle restaurant owner Ma Yongzheng:
There are losses, but it's okay, as long as we live, it's all a small thing, we earn money slowly, and there is a chance. ”
Next to the noodle shop, there are two voluntary haircut stalls, one for the elderly to shave their heads, and the other for children, both of whom are volunteers from other places.
Volunteer Talks:
I saw at home that their houses had collapsed and people's lives and property had suffered serious damage. As a member of the Communist Party, I am responsible for the country's difficulties. I want to be on the front line of the earthquake relief and provide some help to the people in the disaster area. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
How did you get here?”
Volunteer Talks:
I took the shuttle bus and changed buses six times. ”
At another barber booth, volunteer Liu Dasheng's mother is giving haircuts to children in the disaster area.
Volunteer Liu Dasheng:
She likes children, she thinks they are cute and cooperative. ”
* At the time of the incident, Liu Dasheng from Henan was accompanying his mother on a road trip in Chengdu. Knowing the severity of the damage, they decided to stop their trip and drive more than 900 kilometers to serve the victims.
Volunteer Liu Dasheng:
Free hair cuts. My mother felt very relieved to pass on her love here. When I came, I saw that the houses on the side of the road had collapsed, and I was a little scared and a little sad.
But when I came to this place and saw the victims, I slowly recovered from the pain of the disaster area, and slowly I had a smile on my face, and my mother was very happy. So if you can cut more hair in this place, you can serve one more. ”
In order to treat the affected people in a timely manner and ensure that people can see a doctor and take medicine under the harsh natural conditions, Dahejia Town Hospital has set up a mobile medical station in the resettlement site.
Tao Ximing, Director of the Second Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital of Dahejia Town:
The main reason is that the night is below -15 degrees, fever, cough, sore throat, and body aches, and these medicines are basically all available. At present, the medicine for chronic diseases, hypertension and diabetes, which is particularly tight, has not yet been shipped. ”
* On the third day, the children of the resettlement site played a game of eagle and chicken under the leadership of the People's Liberation Army, and the children's hearty laughter added some vitality to the place. ** Schools were temporarily closed, but the PLA opened mobile classrooms for children in the resettlement sites.
Children in the disaster area:
I went to a temporary school. Uncle PLA gave us a lesson yesterday. Today the teacher from our school came. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
Do you have any wishes?”
Children in the disaster area:
I want to start school early and finish my final exams early. ”
Phoenix TV reporter:
The evening of the third day after the disaster coincided with the winter solstice, the traditional Chinese 24 solar terms. More and more volunteers and caring enterprises have come to the resettlement site to provide free food to everyone. In addition to the beef noodles that adults love to eat, there are also spicy tang and even hamburgers that children love to eat. I believe that this year's winter solstice will be unforgettable for everyone. ”
Producer: He Jining.
Director: Voto.
Editor: Li Weifan.