In December 2018, Sichuan Province received its first snow of the year. In the early morning, a thin layer of white "cotton" had accumulated on the treetops and telephone poles, and the road surface was cold and slippery. The air was dry and cold as a winter day.
On this day, 58-year-old Uncle Hao got up early in the morning. His son and his wife have to go to work today, so they asked him to help pick up their 5-year-old grandson from kindergarten. It is said that the grandson has been fighting with the children recently, and the teacher even punished the two of them for standing for a few minutes.
When Uncle Hao came to the door of the kindergarten, he saw several parents chatting around from afar. They tell interesting stories about their children, or complain about their mischievous little tempers. Uncle Hao couldn't help but smile, he also used to have a headache for children's naughtiness like these parents.
After a while, the bell rang, and the children ran out of the classroom in twos and threes, running to their parents. Uncle Hao's grandson came out last one, and his face seemed to be unhappy. Uncle Hao stepped forward to take a look, and it turned out that his grandson's forearms and trouser legs were stained with a lot of dust. It seems that I got dirty when I rolled on the ground with my friends just now.
How did our little ancestor make himself like this? Uncle Hao asked with a smile. "Just a few minutes of standing there? Uncomfortable, right? ”
The grandson pursed his lips, nodded, and reluctantly complained to Uncle Hao. Uncle Hao knew that this kid was still hating the teacher's punishment in his heart. Just like all children, they are proud and always feel that they are the right one.
So let's go to the park for a while and then go home? Uncle Hao wants to make his grandson happy, "We can ride the merry-go-round and play a lot of things!" The grandson, who got Uncle Hao's promise, was in good spirits and hugged his grandfather's thigh to express his gratitude.
Coming to the community's central park, Uncle Hao and his grandson went to some regular entertainment projects. They tried the spinning cup and experienced the thrill of rocking the car again. In the end, the grandson pulled Uncle Hao to the large colorful slide. There are already seven or eight groups of parents and children standing here. The grandson was very excited when he saw this, and he couldn't wait to hold on to the handrail and climb up.
Uncle Hao hurriedly shouted: "No, such a high slide is too dangerous, let's go somewhere else to play!" ”
Grandpa: Just this once, okay? The grandson deliberately showed a pleading expression, staring at Uncle Hao with a pair of big watery eyes.
Uncle Hao shook his head helplessly, and let his grandson line up to experience this huge slide. As the minutes passed, the children were picked up by their parents one after another. Uncle Hao looked at his watch and it was almost time to go home to cook, and was about to call his grandson to come down and go home, when a woman's panicked cry for help broke the silence in the park.
Who will save it, this child has fallen into the lake! ”
When Uncle Hao heard the sound, he hurriedly pulled his grandson and ran over, only to see a boy about five or six years old in the middle of the lake struggling desperately to make a splash, but he was too young to swim, and the lake water flooded his mouth and nose from time to time, and every time he surfaced, it was like a dying struggle.
The boy was thin, wearing a school uniform with a minion logo in a kindergarten, and it seemed that he was also a student at a nearby kindergarten. He threw desperately in the water, as if calling for help, but the lake immediately filled his mouth and nose, pulling him underwater. Then the boy struggled out of the water and took a big breath of air.
Uncle Hao unexpectedly found that there were so many onlookers on the shore, seven or eight strong men standing, and a few young and strong young people, why was no one to rescue them? Is everyone waiting on the sidelines, expecting others to step up? Uncle Hao was secretly surprised and disappointed in his heart.
At this moment, Uncle Hao saw that the boy's struggle was getting weaker and weaker. His body was almost still in the water, and he no longer had the strength to break through the water. Uncle Hao didn't think about it, took out his mobile phone and "clicked" to take a **, and then handed it to his grandson for safekeeping, "Remember to take care of your uncle's mobile phone." After saying that, he took off his shoes and socks three times and jumped into the icy water.
The lake water in the cold winter is like countless sharp knives, piercing into Uncle Hao's **. As soon as he touched the surface of the water, he couldn't help but take a sharp breath of cold air. At 58 years old, he is no longer young, let alone when he was strong and healthy. But in order to save people, he still tried his best to control his breathing and swam with difficulty towards the boy who had fallen into the water.
The lake is just too cold. Uncle Hao felt like an ice cube, and his limbs had begun to go numb. He shook his head vigorously, trying to keep himself awake. Finally, he opened his hazy eyes and saw that the boy was a meter away. This gave Uncle Hao a huge encouragement and gave him hope.
Finally getting closer, Uncle Hao used all his strength to pick up the boy and swim to the shore, but the shore was too far away. Uncle Hao soon felt powerless, choked on several mouthfuls of water along the way, and his arms and legs were in heart-rending pain. Finally, just as he was about to lose consciousness, someone grabbed him by the arm and dragged them ashore.
Uncle Hao climbed ashore and coughed violently, gasping for breath, feeling like a sad leper dog that had just been caught. The clothes were soaked and sticky to the body, cold and heavy.
At this time, when I looked up, I saw that the boy had been carried to the grass next to him, and a kind passer-by was calling the emergency center. Uncle Hao relieved his heart at this time. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the boy's chest was slightly heaving, still alive. Maybe it was because he had been immersed in the water for too long just now, and the boy's face had turned pale and blue, but he was finally saved with his life.
Uncle Hao struggled to stand up, feeling his legs as soft as noodles. Embarrassed, he limped over to his grandson, trying to squeeze out a smile so as not to frighten him. But at this moment, a cold winter wind suddenly hit, and Uncle Hao only felt a heart-rending pain in his hands, feet and arms, and couldn't help but "hiss." snorted. The stumble fell to his knees.
The grandson was frightened and burst into tears. Uncle Hao hurriedly comforted him that he was fine. But he couldn't fool his grandson, he cried and asked his grandfather why he went into the water. Uncle Hao had to explain that grandpa was here to save others, which was a great and glorious thing.
After thinking about it, going home like this would inevitably lead to a training, Uncle Hao decided to take another photo for evidence. After all, he didn't know the boy and his family who fell into the water, so he could only prove it to himself. After taking a mobile phone, Uncle Hao picked up his grandson, and while enlightening him, he walked home with a limp, and left the scene like this.
Unexpectedly, two months later, this good deed of sacrificing his life to save people dragged Uncle Hao into the whirlpool and pain.
The reason was that the boy's mother, Zhao Xiu, found Uncle Hao and asked him why he had to take pictures before saving people. She claimed that Uncle Hao's actions delayed treatment, causing her son to become a vegetative state, and demanded that Uncle Hao bear the medical expenses.
It turned out that after the boy was taken to the hospital, he was diagnosed with drowning for too long, and he developed severe edema in his brain and lungs. Doctors judged that he would most likely become a vegetative state in the rest of his life.
When Zhao Xiu heard the news, he foamed at the mouth and fainted on the spot. She couldn't believe the doctor's conclusions. As a mother, she Zhao Xiu will definitely be more bumpy and difficult in life in the future. Zhao Xiu longed to die on the spot to end his suffering.
When Zhao Xiu came to her senses, her first reaction was to question why her son fell into the water. She was hysterical trying to find someone to blame. At this time, one of her friends pointed out that the rescue photos circulating on the Internet were exactly how her son was rescued. So, Zhao Xiu immediately decided to find the "culprit" in ** as if she had found a savior.
Later, on that TV show, Zhao Xiu confronted Uncle Hao and accused him of delaying the rescue by taking pictures. There was even an eyewitness, Ms. Wu, who came forward to testify against Uncle Hao. She said that after Uncle Hao saved people, the ** that was filmed in order to become famous was later spread on the Internet. She thinks Uncle Hao is half responsible.
In the face of all kinds of accusations and prevarication, Uncle Hao was heartbroken. He never understood that he had no hesitation in jumping into the icy lake to rescue the person who had fallen into the water, regardless of his personal safety, and even almost died. However, instead of receiving gratitude, he became the target of public criticism. Is this the sophistication of human feelings? Uncle Hao only felt that all the good beliefs in the first half of his life had collapsed.
In the end, Zhao Xiu sued Uncle Hao to the court and demanded nearly 1 million yuan in compensation. Uncle Hao's reputation was ruined, and his children and daughters-in-law also suffered. However, after a detailed trial by the judge, the court finally ruled that Uncle Hao was not liable for any compensation.
According to the law, if an individual voluntarily implements emergency assistance, he or she is not responsible even if he or she causes damage to the recipient. Since Uncle Hao's act of saving lives was voluntary and not a direct injury, he should not bear any financial and legal responsibility. The judge made it clear that Zhao's accusations were entirely subjective and conjectural.
At this point, this two-month turmoil has come to an end. For Uncle Hao, he was so wronged in his righteous and courageous actions that he lost all trust in humanity and kindness. At the same time, the court's judgment also made him understand that his original intention was not wrong. "A truly good person will eventually shine. Uncle Hao thought silently in his heart.
Of course, as the mother of the child, we can also understand Zhao Xiu's sadness and despair. It's just that her behavior is too subjective and emotional, irrational and fair. This is also a wake-up call for our society that the righteous and courageous should not be subjected to groundless accusations, which is tantamount to striking hard at the goodwill of ordinary people.