On the afternoon of January 30, an elderly couple came to the Yuncheng County Environmental Sanitation Service Center and sent a pennant with the words "Love Saves People, Love Without Borders" and a letter of thanks, and sincerely paid tribute to Song Zhen, the head of the Supervision Section. Guo Yong, director of the Environmental Sanitation Service Center, heard the news and hurriedly went out to greet him. The old couple couldn't cry, held the leader's hand and said: "This big brother not only saved a child, but also saved our entire family!" "What's going on here?
At 2:55 p.m. on January 29, Song Zhen and two colleagues were checking the cleaning of public toilets, and when they were patrolling along the Yuejin River to the middle of Shuihu Road, they saw a group of people surrounding the river, and one of the women shouted for help: "A child has fallen into the water!" Song Zhen rushed to the river and saw a young child with only his head exposed on the water, up and down, and he was about to sink into the river. The situation was critical, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he walked on thin ice to the place where the child fell into the water. At noon, the ice gradually melted, and before he took two steps, the ice was broken, and Song Zhen fell into the icy river, he shivered all over his body, gritted his teeth and swam forward. The child was stuck in the ice cave at this time, and there was a cross of the ice between him and Song Zhen, making it difficult to get close and inconvenient to rescue. The longer the delay, the less likely the child will survive. Song Zhen had to stretch out his fist and began to smash the ice with his bare hands, and the fist on his elbow was marked by the river ice. At this time, he was already physically exhausted, but looking at the child in his arms, he tried to persevere, and with his injured hand, he smashed the ice all the way all the way again, and swam to the opposite shore with the child. The parents of the children had already arrived, standing anxiously on the shore and stomping their feet. When the grandmother took the child from the trembling Song Zhen, the honest farmer wanted to kneel down to express his inner gratitude, but Song Zhen hurriedly stopped it and said calmly: "This is what I should do."
Song Zhen's act of standing up and acting bravely also touched the cadres and workers of the Yuncheng County Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau. After learning about his touching deeds, everyone expressed their heartfelt respect for him. In the new era and new journey, we need the power of role models and the encouragement of role models. Song Zhen's righteous act will surely be used as an exemplary influence, inspiration, and drive more people to jointly gather the strong positive energy of building a safe Yuncheng.
*: Yuncheng County Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau.